#inflate

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#caused #crimes #criminals #enter #gang

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that. ↗

— Bill Parcells

#about #hurt #i #inflated #ones

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#contracts #criticism #flattery #goes #head

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! ↗

— Bill Watterson

#fog #ideas #impenetrable #inflate #inhibit

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment. ↗

— Alex Winter

#commerce #days #end #enormous #expecting

I have no inflated ideas about success anyway. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#anyway #i #ideas #inflated #success

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump. ↗

— Bob Ney

#common #common sense #ensuring #far #fewer

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock. ↗

— Don Nickles

#biggest #buying #companies #date #doing

The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#american #american consumers #consumers #goal #inflated

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#bbc #family #i #inflated #instrumental