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class two people
Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. Charles Dickens
class words-of-wisdom success-of-others
The worst class of sum worked in the every-day world is cyphered by the diseased arithmeticians who are always in the rule of Subtraction as to the merits and successes of others, and never in Addition as to their own.
class safety age
Though we are perpetually bragging of it [the middle class] as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper class.
class citizens degradation
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes.... It is they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while their 'betters' were derelict.
class homicide one-thing
When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out Chris Colfer
class two people
There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece. Dave Barry
class people behaviour
Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes. Cesare Pavese
class black why-not
Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior? Carter G. Woodson
class white benefits
I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white middle-class women. Camille Paglia
optimism doubt literature
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton
optimism reversal seeds
Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal. Alan Greenspan
optimism imbalance financial
History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism. Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time.
optimism fundamentals
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. Chogyam Trungpa
optimism complacency pessimism
Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency. David Myers
optimism matter construction
Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence. Cesar Pelli
optimism people world
What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. Madeleine Albright
optimism pessimism pessimist
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Arnold Bennett
optimism important
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership. Bob Iger
contentment alive able
For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatever in making plans for a future which you will never be able to enjoy. When your plans mature, you will still be living for some other future beyond. You will never, never be able to sit back with full contentment and say, "Now, I've arrived!" Your entire education has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now. Alan Watts
contentment unhappy not-happy
I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it. Alan Bennett
contentment wish littles
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. Charles Lamb
contentment digital needs
Digital piracy needs to be addressed. Without content protection, investment in content can't be supported. We need secure distribution. If you (telecommunications equipment and software makers) help us, we will make it easier for you to distribute our content.
contentment rich poor
Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor. Benjamin Franklin
contentment cure discontent gets kinds loses second success
There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second. Gordon Graham
contentment lions paws
But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest. Billy Collins
contentment deeds ifs
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few. Democritus
contentment dark horses ran silver smiles
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes. / Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment. Jack Bruce