"I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible."

-- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

#Citizens Quotes #Occupation Quotes #May Quotes

“Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.”
“I love Taxi Driver. When I saw it the first time, I didn't understand it, but I loved it because I thought the guy was really cool when he's talking to himself in the mirror.”
“War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness to unintended secondary results.”
“When Death laughs, no one else does”

Source : Amy Neftzger (2014). “The Orchard of Hope”, p.80, Field of Gold Publishing, Inc.
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
“It's common to think things will never happen where you are-never in Cambridge, never in New York, never in Seattle-that sort of thing, whatever it is, never happens here, not in our community. Then it happens, right in front of you, and you realize you were blind to it, that you forgot that intolerance and zealotry and viciousness are human currency everywhere, and it takes your breath away.”
“Most actors have to sit by the phone and wait for somebody to call them up to audition and stuff. I don't think I can exist in Hollywood just on that. I think I need to be proactive and making sure that things I really want to do are being developed to the point where somebody wants to make them.”
“How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?”

Source : Remarks at American Enterprise Institute dinner, Washington, D.C., 5 Dec. 1996

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