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“The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the effort of taking thought for the day after tomorrow; just as the highly prosperous are conservative because they have small occasion to be discontented with the situation as it stands today.”
Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics: The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, Panem et Circenses, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…”, p.132, e-artnow
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“After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'”
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“I think anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.”
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“Something awful is always going to happen, Arton. It's Sanctuary. You're a Stepson. Awful is a big part of your job.”
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“Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'”
Source : Source: www.vulture.com
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“But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.”
Source : Karl Jay Shapiro, Stanley Kunitz, David Ignatow (1998). “The Wild Card: Selected Poems, Early and Late”, p.18, University of Illinois Press
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“Until you will stop the bombing, gassing, imprisonment and torture of my people we will not stop this fight. We are at war, and I am a soldier and now you too will taste the reality of this situation.”
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“I think this show I'm going to do,' Awake,' if it's done well, will not only be provocative and entertaining, but help people. I want to do that.”
Source : "Jason Isaacs: 'I like being anonymous'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2011. 
