#ric

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. ↗

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#does #enrich #equal #forms #get

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#america #assuming #because #buy #could

I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's incredible. She's very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#happy #heard #i #i do #incredible

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they said, We don't know what happened to them. That drove me nuts. That lost colony drove me crazy. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#american history #colony #crazy #doing #drove

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#american life #due #fact #i #i think

What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#fact #films #generally #in fact #productions

When Alexander of Macedon was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is only 27. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#because #conquer #cried #eric #more

I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job. ↗

— Walter Wager

#american #american woman #get #got #had

The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket. ↗