#idly

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. ↗

— George Soros

#annually #beneficiaries #benefits #billions #commodity

In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#blocs #exclusive #growing #inclusive #melting

Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#bath #control #dropped #i #iphone

At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#before #build #city #closed #doors

I vividly remember bowling 20 + games a day, 2 or 3 times a week. ↗

— Joe Tex

#day #games #i #remember #times

We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself. ↗

— Val Guest

#george #long #long time #myself #solidly

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#accurate #best #common #common sense #fallacy

Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. ↗

— Edward Cocker

#avidly #carefully #intelligently #into #learn

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#being #dislike #had #husband #i

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#expression #favour #free #free expression #i