#being

Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#being #capital #companies #incorporated #indispensable

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#devil #hell #hell is #highest #highest reward

I think you can be tough and aggressive with facts in a way that you cannot be tough and aggressive with emotional retorts. Most of the people that try to be tough on TV are really just being emotional and not factual. ↗

— John Sununu

#being #cannot #emotional #facts #factual

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously. ↗

— Aaron Swartz

#being #bright #bright lights #down #expect

Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity. ↗

— Tracey Gold

#any #anybody #being #celebrity #eye

I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#bunch #different #different things #doing #i

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough. ↗

— David Sylvian

#anticipate #approached #artists #ask #because

Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a bathtub. ↗

— Robert Hunter

#being #down #like #sitting

The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#back #being #born #gone #grew

But everything has been so gradual that it's sort of all come from, just hard work and basically being at it. ↗

— Kim Gordon

#been #being #come #everything #gradual