"Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect."

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Source : Oswald Spengler (1991). “The Decline of the West”, p.396, Oxford University Press, USA

Oswald Spengler

#Democracy Quotes #Intellect Quotes

“Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday”
“I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don't get too close man. It's hard to pity a fool if you get too close.”

Source : "'I pity the fool': Mr T on jury duty" by Cheryl V. Jackson, www.pressreader.com. April 28, 2009.
“To be a druid is to embrace death, dance with it a while, and finally fall prey to it. That is why we'll never rule this world. We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further,trying to fly higher...and falling”
“I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, 'I don't need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams.' But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it's freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isn't there from the outside world, and you seem so small. But you can achieve great things when you don't listen to all those things.”

Source : "Maria Sharapova Presser: Winning The French, It’s The Most Unique Moment I’ve Experienced In My Career" by Tom Gainey, www.tennis-x.com. June 9, 2012.
“The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.”
“It was the joy of your life to know Clark Gable. He was everything good you could think of. He had delicious humor, he had great compassion, he was always a fine old teddy bear. In no way was he conscious of his good looks, as were most other men in pictures at that time. Clark was very unactorly.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Art is too popular. If plumbing was as popular as art is we would have amateur plumbers running around brandishing wrenches and Roto-Rooters, climbing in and out of sewers and writing gibberish about pipe systems. And none of our our toilets would work.”
“I say that the genius of the marketing strategy that we've had in every company that I've ever been in, is that if you ask your customers what they want and you give it to them, you shouldn't be shocked if they love it.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com

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