#tent

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying. ↗

— Barney Frank

#anything #attention #democrats #disagree #forfeit

Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about. ↗

— Barney Frank

#allow #basis #because #competent #decide

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. ↗

— Barney Frank

#attention span #away #books #could #distraction

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed. ↗

— Barney Frank

#allow #believe #concentration #course #discussed

I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#circumstances #free #free will #great #i

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#came #content #kid #napster #none

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#civilization #extent #impossible #instinct #overlook

Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths. ↗

— John Stockwell

#attention #bowl #diverting #effective #military

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#create #good #good intentions #harmless #intentions

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#existential #express #general #going #i