"In some cities they tear down buildings to save taxes. They might try tearing down some taxes to save buildings."

-- Ken Schoolland

#Cities Quotes #Tears Quotes #Trying Quotes

“An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on”
“Some stories we know well and some we learn as we go. Being able to shape and share these stories into new perspectives and new ideas is incredibly gratifying.”
“I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.”

Source : "So Many Weird Worlds: A Conversation with Ricky Jay" by Cole Louison, www.newyorker.com. May 19, 2011.
“Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with every day observation.”
“East St. Louis-which the local press refers to as "an inner city without an outer city"-has some of the sickest children in America. Of 66 cities in Illinois, East St. Louis ranks first in fetal death, first in premature birth, and third in infant health.”
“That's when it struck me: how gorgeous we all were, even with cellulite (saw a lot of that) and stretch marks, scars and tattoos. Let me just say this, not single body was perfect, not even the fittest of women there.”
“One would naturally expect that the Lord Jesus Christ would be sufficiently important to receive ample notice in the literature of his time, and that extensive biographical material would be available. He was observed by multitudes of people, and his own followers numbered into the hundreds (1 Cor. 15:6), whose witness was still living in the middle of the first century. As a matter of fact, the amount of information concerning him is comparatively meager. Aside from the four Gospels, and a few scattered allusions in the epistles, contemporary history is almost silent concerning him.”
“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”

Source : Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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