#thing

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. ↗

— Adam Smith

#administration #barbarism #being #brought #carry

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers. ↗

— John Sladek

#background #call #halt #handling #i

Daytime has been successful all these years because it caters to a very real need in the audience - to see something that's not nighttime fantasy. People watch daytime because it's like their lives. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#because #been #daytime #fantasy #like

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#ambition #courage #develop #different #especially

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#create #creates #creative #creative spirit #develop

If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something? I suspect there's not an adult in the country who would walk away totally unscathed if every aspect of his or her life were investigated the way Stewart's ImClone trading was. ↗

— Allan Sloan

#aspect #away #country #decides #every

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything. ↗

— Ozzie Smith

#hope #purpose #sense

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. ↗

— Patti Smith

#fellow #fellow man #good #good news #hope

Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do! ↗

— Ian Smith

#accusing #against #criticized #did #everything

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect. ↗