#unit

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#had #i #never #opportunity #over

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#amendment #association #countries #first #first amendment

The United Nations did a study just over two years ago, and that blew my mind. I started thinking that if people are vegetarian for one day a week, that makes a huge difference! ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#blew #day #did #difference #huge

I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#downtown #i #i love #love #opportunity

I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#am #career #doing #every #fleeting

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#civilizations #collapsed #history #moral #nineteen

Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #air #better #cars #driving

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#come #community #conventional #eyes #indefinite

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#any #business #community #cost #gain

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#business #concerned #far #fractions #individuals