#rope

My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#box #chocolates #european #favorite #fine

First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#ever #face #first #girl #her

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. ↗

— Peter Singer

#especially #europe #force #forces #i

You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone. ↗

— Tarsem Singh

#alone #ask #bananas #come #creatures

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. ↗

— Adam Smith

#another #barter #common #exchange #found

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#conquered #entirely #knowledge #labor #our

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ↗

— Adam Smith

#become #country #demand #even #land

Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security policy. We have a leadership problem because we are still 27 different members who have still not decided on how to work with each other based on what we used to call a European constitution. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#based #because #call #constitution #coordinate

One has to explain to people that the EU in this form is the answer both to 1945 and to the 21st century, in a dramatically altered world with new heavyweights, and that Germany benefits from the continued integration of Europe in political, economic and societal ways. And, of course, that means the Germans will have to pay. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#altered #answer #benefits #both #century

Over a period of 20 years, German reunification has cost 2 trillion euros, or an average of 100 billion euros a year. So, we have to ask ourselves: Aren't we willing to pay a tenth of that over several years for Europe's unity? ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#average #billion #cost #europe #euros