#um

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed. ↗

— David Ricardo

#commodities #consumed #equally #labour #machinery

There were only two men on the planet better educated in the various martial arts than Butler, and he was related to one of them. The other lived on an island in the South China Sea, and spent his days meditating and beating up palm trees. You had to feel sorry for the B'wa Kell. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#humor #martial-arts #art

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on. ↗

— Mary Richards

#each #endure #faith #help #helps

Each instrument has something to say to you. It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it's almost a sacrilege! ↗

— Jerome Richardson

#certain #certain things #character #each #got

So finally, I can feel a sort of pride in all my family - Mum, Lynn, Corin, Tasha, my cousin Gemma - because, I think how wonderful that this troop of gypsies can carry on telling stories. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#carry #cousin #family #feel #finally

I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot. ↗

— Natasha Richardson

#am #areas #believed #close #dad

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator. ↗

— Ralph Richardson

#demented #fresh #got #humming #hundreds

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#because #cannot #condition #equally #grace

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#grow #human #human mind #mind #most

The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our lives becomes one of humble and joyful thanksgiving. Awareness of our poverty and ineptitude causes us to rejoice in the gift of being called out of darkness into wondrous light and translated into the kingdom of God's beloved Son. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#jesus #spiritual-poverty #life