#rope

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #certain #circles #continue #dead

The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#natural #natural resource #only #own #piece

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#been #behind #driving #driving force #europe

I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played in our league so we were more familiar with them. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#came #canada #close #cups #european

Property is a nuisance. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#property

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#america #been #belief #board #creativity

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship. ↗

— Martin Gardner

#any #continually #creation #god #hardly

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#bureaucratic #bureaucrats #centralized #crossroads #define

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#apparently #bearing #burden #coming #custody

It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

#about #actor #actress #art #audience