"There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might, methinks, receive a very happy turn; and, if it were rightly directed, contribute as much to a person's advantage, as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet."

-- Joseph Addison

#Ambition Quotes #Men Quotes #Circles Quotes

“I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books.”

Source : "Louise Mensch: Chick-lit queen who shines at Westminster" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2011.
“Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You know, we live here in America and sometimes don't understand the realities of geography and demographics in Eastern Europe.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The GDR people found love at the workplace, and the West is always telling stories about finding love when work is over and you have your free time and your leisure time. That's when you fall in love. But in the Communist state, you fall in love in the workplace, because that's mainly where you are.”
“There are two ways to be rich: 1. Acquire great wealth 2. Acquire few needs.”
“Whatâ€™s this? What are the antagonists doing here â€“ infiltrating their own audience? Well, theyâ€™re not really. Itâ€™s somebody elseâ€™s audience at the moment, and these nightly spectacles are an appreciable part of the darkside hours of life of the rocket capital. The chances for any paradox here, really, are less than you think.”
“You read the papers and you watch television, so you know the kind of spider-brained, commercially poisoned piece-of-crap reporting you get in America.”

Source : Greg Palast (2004). “The best democracy money can buy: an investigative reporter exposes the truth about globalization, corporate cons, and high-finance fraudsters”, Plume Books
“Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all. Amen, and come Lord Jesus.”

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