#rich

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#only #our #posterity #riches #squander

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#divine #pearl #precious #rich #swine

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. ↗

— Max Lerner

#civilization #consumers #get #our #ourselves

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#bears #found #fruits #i #justice

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#defend #educate #educated #enough #learn

I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all. ↗

— George Lopez

#afraid #break #carlin #comedy #down

It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed. ↗

— Walter Lord

#be nice #behave #behaved #came #characters

The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built. ↗

— Samora Machel

#care #dog #gets #man #medical

This is a ridiculous heat wave we're in right now, and to contribute, Newt Gingrich said that for the entire month of June, he will stop blowing hot air. ↗

— Bill Maher

#blowing #contribute #entire #gingrich #heat

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#cannot #contradict #him #i #man