"Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine."

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Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.424

George Bancroft

#Luxury Quotes #Lap Quotes #Libertine Quotes

“So many celebrity websites you go to are so sterile that you know they just pay somebody to do it and there's not even an ounce of them in it.”

Source : "IGN For Men Interview: Cindy Margolis". Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. March 10, 2002.
“I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.”
“One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.. like consumer goods.. it is very fragmented. Individually, the companies might not be able to survive. What is needed is a consortium of like companies in one industry, presenting a strong front to the multinationals. The Swiss watch industry did this.”
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I feel that I'm in on the ground floor of something that human beings will be concentrating on for the next 1,000 years-if we don't destroy ourselves in the meantime. It's possible that 50 years from now we're going to end up out of this solar system, batting around the universe, at least within our galaxy, investigating other stars and other systems.”
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
“As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.”
“Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.”

Source : "White House apologizes for low-flying plane" by Mythili Rao, www.cnn.com. April 28, 2009.

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