#ultimate

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#between #come #divide #fairness #him

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#basis #community #conspicuous #consumption #gaining

The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. ↗

— Terry Waite

#destroys #dies #extinguish #life #light

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#beauty #course #define #during #feel

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#having #interest #me #power #things

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#bring #contributing #good #healing #only

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future. ↗

— Joel A. Barker

#function #future #make #past #prophecy

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness. ↗

— Bill Blass

#red #sadness #ultimate

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#must #others #perform #saxophone #ultimately

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#analysis #authority #critical #individual #must