"I bought a railroad during this period of time."

-- Bill Janklow

#Railroads Quotes #Periods Quotes

“I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.”
“I'd support life extension by whatever means, from cryonic suspension to cyborgism to coding ourselves into our computers or whatever. There is nothing noble or beautiful or dignified about dying. Like poverty, it is ugly, nasty, brutal and primitive.”
“Bills are simply invoices for blessings you've already received. Pay them with gratitude and circulate prosperity.”
“Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.”
“If you don't make mistakes you are not really trying.”
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot...”

Source : Robert A. Heinlein (1982). “Friday”
“When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.”
“Since the first Gulf War in 1991, the Chinese have been increasing their military budget roughly by 11 percent a year on average. There's no way that China will be able to sustain that sort of military expenditure. And then the most important reason is because of its population changes.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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