"Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods."

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Source : David Ricardo (1821). “On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation”, p.2

David Ricardo

#Air Quotes #Water Quotes #Gold Quotes

“It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.”
“I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions”

Source : Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 11 October 1991, Washington, D.C.
“CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.”
“Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.”

Source : Carolyn Kizer (2002). “Cool, Calm, and Collected: Poems 1960-2000”, p.115, Copper Canyon Press
“That cactus went right through my eye. It left my eye flat. They took me to a doctor, and he said, 'We'll have to take the eye out.' ...I fought like a tiger. I said, 'No! Leave the eye alone. I am sure it will grow back.' The doctor said, 'You're too young to know.' ...But in a year's time that fluid came back, and that eye is just as good as the other one today.”
“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.”
“Why anyone would want to leave Everton is beyond me anyway. Even for Manchester United, Chelsea or anyone. This is the place to be.”
“I collect spores, molds, and fungus”

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