"Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster."

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Bernard Baruch

#Money Quotes #Fall Quotes #Unemployment Quotes

“We're here to have a ball.”
“Sometimes you dance with a partner, and sometimes you dance alone. But the important thing is to keep dancing.”
“I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over town. I rode it everywhere. I rode it in the rain, I rode it as much as I possibly could. Anytime I could afford the independence of the bike, I used the bike.”

Source : "Paul F. Tompkins on how and why he spent 25 years without a driver's license". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2015.
“I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have been touched by beauty. The words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement, all these have nestled in my soul. Though I am fully aware that I have not done them complete justice in my work, they have never ceased to be my guiding lights.”
“Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.”
“People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.”
“I didn't expect a knife, though. Is it the one missing from the kitchen?" "Did Rand report it?" I felt betrayed. Why hadn't he just asked for it back? "No. It just makes sense to keep track of large kitchen knives, so when one goes missing you're not surprised when someone attacks you with it.”
“I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.”

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