"The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment"

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Source : "The Crown and the Establishment". Book by Kingsley Martin, London, p. 175,

Kingsley Martin

#Secret Quotes #Flourishing Quotes #Institutions Quotes

“When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.”
“You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.”
“Having no room of my own to "take care of things" had begun to weigh on me. I wondered if storing up ***** would have a health impact on me, positive or negative, like shinier hair or weight gain.”

Source : Bill Konigsberg (2013). “Openly Straight”, p.145, Scholastic Inc.
“My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time.”

Source : Deathbed statement in November 1858. "A History of British Socialism". Book by Max Beer, Volume 2, 2001.
“I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures.”
“Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.”
“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America." No, no, no, God d*mn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 25, 2008.
“God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?”

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