#fortune

I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#being #black #blood #capitalism #dearly

The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#fortune #less #man #means #more

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#been #bid #birth #country #death

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues. ↗

— Gabriela Mistral

#direct #fortune #i #i am #indirect

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad. ↗

— Phil Ochs

#america #entire #entire world #face #fortunes

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#agency #another #brand #built #campaign

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#depression #during #fortune #good #good fortune

For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#after #any #believe #campaigning #candidates

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#america #best #built #decisions #doing

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#make #nobody #pop #shocked #singers