"A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man."

-- Arnold J. Toynbee

#Journey Quotes #Men Quotes #Cities Quotes

“I don't know what my assistant would do besides get me pot.”
“Profit is vital to human well-being. Profit is the payment to entrepreneurs just as wages are payments to labor, interest to capital and rent to land. In order to earn profits in free markets, entrepreneurs must identify and satisfy human wants and do so in a way that economizes on society's scarce resources.”
“For decades, people right, left, and center complained that the presidency is too powerful. Trump's administration is shrinking the presidency. The president has less and less influence over Congress. This president is not fulfilling the usual role of the president in being the moral leader and the spokesman for the country. He's just not being looked to for leadership.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.”
“I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those "smelly blacks" sit down quite happily with half-nude tribesmen once a country achieves independence. It is the context of power which changes behavior and transmutes antipathy into sympathy.”

Source : Lewis Nkosi (1983). “Home and exile and other selections”, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
“To always trust my instincts, to always believe I have something to offer â€” no matter how meaningless or stupid it may be â€” and to never listen to anyone who tells you â€˜no.â€™”
“Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.”
“The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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