#ty

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#certain #consequences #deterrent #effect #factor

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#books #bookstore #branch #chain #city

He sighed deeply: to fall in love at first sight with this malodorous sleeping girl, with, as far as he could see, no pretensions to beauty or even good looks, was something he had not expected. But falling in love, he had always understood, was unpredictable, and, as far as he was concerned, irrevocable That they hadn't exchanged a word, nor spoken, made no difference. He, heart whole until that minute, and with no intention of marrying until it suited him, had lost that same heart. ↗

— Betty Neels

#irrevocable #love #malodorous #beauty

Our community in North Texas is fortunate to have two thriving airports. We serve millions of satisfied customers and employ hundreds of thousands of North Texans. We should not jeopardize that which is working well already. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#community #customers #employ #fortunate #hundreds

Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#also #believe #believed #big #big government

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#fake #good #good meal #meal #more

Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true. ↗

— Delta Burke

#aging #beautiful #beauty #because #blanche

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#foothold #gain #good #needs #people

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#i #justice #lawyer #may #me

Beauty is the promise of happiness. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#happiness #promise