#ten

The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. ↗

— James Buchan

#antiquity #commerce #cycle #famine #feast

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with. ↗

— Peter Buck

#almost #average #bit #cool #cool people

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it? ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#content #hard #you

Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#being #being done #couple #days #doing

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#civil #clean #clean water #critical #destitute

Moreover, we are showing a dismaying tendency to recast God in Man's image. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#image #man #moreover #showing #tendency

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#book #ceased #day #first #man

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#attention #fail #keep #life #listeners

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. ↗

— Buddha

#bring #come #control #discipline #enjoy

There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten to make more complicated. ↗

— Leon Kass

#advances #certain #complicated #foundations #make