#pit

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#capital #contrived #enjoy #good #happiness

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#behind #characters #despite #fame #fame thing

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ahead #back #change #despite #fear

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. ↗

— Helen Keller

#enemy #never #our #self-pity #wise

Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#bureaucratic #capital #degrees #different #effort

I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#entrepreneurs #explosion #i #support #system

If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell. ↗

— Jimmy Swaggart

#go to hell #hell #i #i do #millions

If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised. ↗

— Rockwell Kent

#beautiful #eyes #his #i #less

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind. ↗

— Jean Kerr

#assumption #because #bladder #contend #difficult

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up. ↗

— Kesha

#creepy #despite #dudes #evidence #having