The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The difference between a politician and a snail is that the snail leaves its slime behind. Whoever named it necking was a… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
A nation that does not read much does not know much. And a nation that does not know much is more likely… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich. — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies,… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me. — Joseph Jefferson Copy Share Image
Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny;… — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Among the poor, the approach of dissolution is usually regarded with a quiet and natural composure, which it is consolatory to contemplate,… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Going over to Lesvos in Greece and meeting some of these poor refugees who have just made the treacherous sea crossing opened… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
One thing that struck me in my study of history is how people are excluded. I don't mean just racial minorities or… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Throughout our world the cry of the poor so often goes unheard. The prophets harangued Israel and Judah unceasingly about the powerless… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom. — Wendy Beckett Copy Share Image
A very poor kid came up to me after a talk and said 'I want to go blow up a factory.' I… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
The little I have seen of the world teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and tho' avarice will preserve a man from being… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Remember what I’ve told you. Looks can often deceive you. A poor man can don the robes of a prince and a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or… — Bryan Robson Copy Share Image
When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
There are two Italies.... The one is the most sublime and lovely contemplation that can be conceived by the imagination of man;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
At the moment, we don't deserve international cricket in our country. The security situation is poor here. — Rashid Latif Copy Share Image
The Koreans that make their money in our community: If we have a Black bank, you'll find they don't deposit anything of… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good.… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
