"Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote."

-- Victoria Woodhull

#Men Quotes #Brutality Quotes #Vote Quotes

“The Grim Reaper doesn't disappear... he catches up.”
“We are closest to people when we help them grow.”
“If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic consequences, to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge, to recommend abolishing it.”

Source : "An Economic Review of the Patent System". Book by Fritz Machlup, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Study No. 15, p. 79-80, 1958.
“I try to take it as it comes. I'm constantly trying to please myself. That's why I've basically realised now, that nothing else in the world matters at all, just please yourself and the people you love and that's it.”
“It's amazing how much time one can spend in a garden doing nothing at all. I sometimes think, in fact, that the nicest part of gardening is walking around in a daze, idly deadheading the odd dahlia, wondering where on earth to squeeze in yet another impulse buy, debating whether to move the recalcitrant artemisia one more time, or daydreaming about where to put the pergola.”
“If I flop, let 'em pan me.”
“No, Elenore's something else. You're beautiful. Especially when you look at me with that 'boy he's a condescending asshole' expression....Yea. Beautiful.”
“Most of us follow our conscience as we follow a wheelbarrow. We push it in front of us in the direction we want to go.”

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