"Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some."

-- Tom Wicker

#Government Quotes #Revenue Quotes

“As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige, and self-preservation, giving life to community, generosity, compassion, mercy, brotherhood, kindness, and love. The gospel will die in the toxic soil of self.”

Source : Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.91, B&H Publishing Group
“The hardest thing of love is to let go.”
“I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was "Baby Jesus" - so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17!”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Fix yourself something to drink," she said. "I don't have any Mr. Pepper." "You mean Dr. Pepper?" "For the love of God!" She exploded. "People expect everything from a psychic! 'Doctor,' 'mister,' I was close enough. I didn't call it 'Mrs. Salt,' did I?”
“There can be no progress on climate change without strong and aggressive leadership from the White House. Â While we have been frustrated that it took until now, we find that the Presidentâ€™s plan contains plenty of smart proposals and pathways for action. Stonyfield stands firmly behind the President's vision.”
“I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.”
“I'll make it. I won't die. I've got too much I have to do to let myself die.”
“Why prove to a man he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save face? He didn't ask for your opinion. He didn't want it. Why argue with him? You can't win an argument, because if you lose, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Why? You will feel fine. But what about him? You have made him feel inferior, you hurt his pride, insult his intelligence, his judgment, and his self-respect, and he'll resent your triumph. That will make him strike back, but it will never make him want to change his mind. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.”

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