quotes about Favoritism

“Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember.”

“Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about Winning and losing.”

“Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.”

“I encourage everyone I know that whether it be in their workplace, whether it be in a political arena or within their own families, to do what their gut tells them to do. And that involves calling it like they see it and tackling the tasks that are at hand and not worrying so much what other people are thinking or saying about them.”

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit ...”

“Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.”

Source : George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.47, Penguin

“I think that Jerry Bruckheimer just kind of has his finger on the pulse of what America wants.”

“In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of cruelty, barbarity, and murder, and for good reason: the members were confirmed users of hashish, or marihuana, and it is from the Arabs' 'hashashin' that we have the English word 'assassin.'”

“Common aim is stronger than blood.”

“We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a small annual tax on the value of stocks and bonds, the major assets of the wealthy?”

Source : "The Rise of the Non-Working Rich" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2014.