Mills Quotes

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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly,… — Charles A. Beard
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to… — Sara Blakely
I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not… — B R Ambedkar
Observe immigrants not as they come travel-wan up the gang-plank, nor as they issue toil-begrimed from the pit's mouth or mill-gate, but in their gatherings,… — Edward Alsworth Ross
For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and… — Alexander Pope
People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated.… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon… — Helen Keller
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may… — Thomas Carlyle
How you feel? How you feel? How you feel? 25 sittin on 25 mill. — Drake
It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. The tired, gray crowds ebbing and flowing perpetually into the mills had waked and opened… — Mary Heaton Vorse
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so. — Bertolt Brecht
"Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't want you winding… — Lewis Grizzard
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my… — Johannes Kepler
Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out… — Thomas Huxley
As long as you cling to your self, you will wander right and left, day and night, for thousands of years; and when, after all… — Sanai
The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, to drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness and the light; to pace around… — James Martineau
Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free; I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things; weary of… — Edgar Guest
I had been involved in animal welfare groups, but DDAL presented an opportunity to actually create and pass legislation aimed at issues which really matter… — Doris Day

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