#occupy

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#central #even #language #made #meaning

Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#money #occupy-wall-street #safety #money

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#class-warfare #economics #economics-greed #economics-money #inequality

Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#lemony-snicket #money #occupy-wall-street #money

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#disagrees #easy #impatience #inspiration #movement

I've been saying the Occupy Movement has got the ball rolling, and now we need to take the fight to the great indoors! ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#been #fight #got #great #i

When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in. ↗

— Nigel Farage

#demo #hurry #i #join #makes

The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#embodies #greedy #movement #occupy #sentiment

But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price. ↗

— Ahmed Yassin

#gaza #him #israel #occupy #pay

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' ↗

— Colin Powell

#anger #back #demonstrations #economy #enough