By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
#quotes #john podhoretz #government #taxation

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
#quotes #bob-dylan #beauty #pain

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
#quotes #philip-green #business

I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
#quotes #osamu-dazai #life #mother #hardship

You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
#quotes #jennifer-aniston #happiness

Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #adversity

He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
#quotes #stefan-zweig #solitude #people

If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #art

Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #opportunity #time

All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
#quotes #aristotle #knowledge

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
#quotes #michele-bachmann #government #money

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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
#quotes #nicolas-cage #stories

Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. ~Jim Rohn
#quotes #jim-rohn #disease

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fortune

The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
#quotes #arthur-capper #people #goodness

Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
#quotes #charles-churchill #stupidity

Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
#quotes #aiden-wilson-tozer #love #god

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
#quotes #jack-nicholson #beer

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #health #medicine

The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
#quotes #james-gray #work #personality

The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
#quotes #harold-b-lee #home #family

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
#quotes #richard-owen #nature #charles-darwin

I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
#quotes #mark-leyner #happiness

The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #government #economy