#vin

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes. ↗

— William Blake

#beautiful #eyes #filled #grapes #guinea

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#killing #know #living #more #peace

Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#art #attention #because #been #compromise

Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#avenue #buyers #calling #door #entailed

What people don't understand is joining a gang ain't bad, it's cool, it's fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it's cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family's in the gang. We're not just killing people every night, we're just hanging out, having a good time. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#because #cool #every #every night #family

You just have to keep believing in yourself. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#just #keep #you #yourself

I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they did wear them, they were not admitting it! There was the problem right there. No wonder their hosiery was so uncomfortable. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#convince #did #even #hosiery #i

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#freedom #hungry #i #said #starving

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#history #network #president #shaving #situation

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#basket #college #department #i #into