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What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#around #could #dancing #fellows #get

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#any #anymore #because #begin #benefit

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. ↗

— Voltaire

#aged #board #child #father #his

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

#believe #commit #continue #long #people

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

#madness #miserable #optimism #well

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. ↗

— Voltaire

#abuse #ever #excess #happy #man

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ↗

— Voltaire

#eating #god #had #made #more

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. ↗

— Voltaire

#between #deceive #distinguish #must #reserved

I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#drive #frugal #hair #i #iq

One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#ate #bag #chicken #cooked #cried