#imp

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#arrangement #business #called #derive #friendship

The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#economic #economy #enough #improving #into

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#every #implies #obligation #opportunity #possession

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. ↗

— Theodore Roethke

#more #more people #need #people #specialize

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do. ↗

— Will Rogers

#get #important #left #man #never

We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we've all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don't have a lot, even before the tsunami. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#before #blessed #even #go #i

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#even #fake #hollywood #important #important thing

Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. ↗

— Christina Romer

#highly #impact #increases #large #negative

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. ↗

— George Eliot

#language #made #mostly #simple #up

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance. ↗