#taken

Economy consists in a due and proper application of the means afforded according to the ability of the employer and the situation chosen; care being taken that the expenditure is prudently conducted. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#according #afforded #application #being #care

Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#between #created #debt #difference #duties

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? ↗

— Dennis Prager

#beauty #cannot #decency #define #defined

Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd. ↗

— James Purefoy

#airport #grumpy #i #i can #important

At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic. ↗

— Ziaur Rahman

#direction #head #his #i #republic

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media. ↗

— Maureen Reagan

#candidates #media #money #problems #raising

There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#bit #english #french #leading #many

I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in. ↗

— Jay Roach

#always #austin #because #could #design

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#his #loves #man #mightily #mistaken

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff. ↗

— Kid Rock

#hasn #hip-hop #i #lot #love