#owing

The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold. ↗

— James Buchan

#began #centuries #cities #corner #earth

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#chain #cheap #deprive #efforts #factories

I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ↗

— Young Buck

#down #feel #get #i #i am

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#doing #knowing #not knowing #risk #you

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#easier #fame #gracefully #growing #growing old

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#cause #failings #fame #generous #great

I have shaved my head. My flowing locks are now quite a bit shorter. ↗

— David Ginola

#flowing #head #i #locks #now

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#around #believes #i #i am #lot

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#calling #growing #had #hair #horrible

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#believing #chastity #christian #christian religion #deadly