Philip Danforth Armour famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.
He has a heart of gold - only harder.
Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help.
Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.
The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

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