#val

People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of power. ↗

— Daphne Zuniga

#feel #give #people #power #powerless

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#after #alcohol #also #before #between

Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#cannot #divine #happiness #infinite #infinitely

The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival. ↗

— Albert Claude

#cell #control #covered #earth #environment

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#big #bipartisan #cooperation #done #get

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. ↗

— Roberto Clemente

#hitting #home #home runs #i #i am

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#better #better off #define #i #i think

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#believe #capital #conception #death #except

When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#love #love

We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very hard for me to place any high value on the work that I do to write a song. Yeah, I work hard but compared to what? ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#bullets #compared #dodging #dungeons #famine