"All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings."

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Edmund Waller

#Slender Quotes #Strings Quotes #Humans Quotes

“This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.”
“For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee,”
“It's so cool to get to talk to fans, to find out where they're from and why they bought the records.”
“As long as nuclear weapons exist, there is a risk that they will be used. And the consequences of their use would be catastrophic. This realization has led to increased engagement, not least through the humanitarian initiative. We must now use this broad engagement to garner support and to push for real results in the disarmament field.”
“Addiction is a relationship, a pathological relationship in which... obsession replaces people.”
“I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.”
“Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing.”

Source : "Get the Love You Want — #emergingnow" by Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 13, 2015.
“The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.”

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.48, e-artnow

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