#sm

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american #american dream #attaining #business #dream

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#businesses #economy #our #small #small businesses

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#business #businesses #created #employers #generating

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#communism #crusade #even #imaginary #more

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#being #capitalism #capitalist #caused #course

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#anger #cause #either #fury #great

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship. ↗

— Major Taylor

#aspiring #athletic #career #clean #clean living

Y’all might as well come on out,” I said. “I know you’re there. I can smell you.” “Smell me? But I just took a shower this morning!” an indignant voice drifted out of the shadows. There was a loud sound, like someone was getting smacked upside the head. Then another voice let out a low mutter. “Shut up, idiot. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#billy #bobby #funny #gin-blanco #humor

Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#fortunately #impossible #jimmy #know #like

Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#affect #alienation #another #any #been