#rin

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#enjoy #except #know #life #man

The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 (the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion) will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#act #addition #bill #billion #brings

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#benefits #collecting #enough #enough people #into

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#allows #also #am #back #because

I can drink on the job if I want to. I can go on stage with a beer and it's OK. I can say whatever I want. It's a great job to have. ↗

— Rodney Carrington

#drink #go #great #great job #i

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#any #applicable #basic #basic principles #beings

My latter schooldays and my university days were during the war, when science - physics, in particular - was a very important and glamorous subject. A lot of us felt that if we couldn't get into science, we might try engineering or medicine. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#during #engineering #felt #get #glamorous

I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#care #clothes #confidence #gives #i

I think we should be looking at the defense and seeing where we can actually be more efficient because I think that, you know, sometimes during the contracting process, we lose some efficiencies in that regard. ↗

— Ben Quayle

#because #contracting #defense #during #efficiencies

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of life. The struggle is the tragedy - not defeat or death. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#cost #crime #death #defeat #even