A Nation Of Beggars Quotes & Sayings

When a person makes a decision, people will always want a reason they understand, so they'll put a negative spin on things. — Desiree Rogers

It is easier to not know than to not comprehend, for not knowing implies that the world is large, and that is a fact. Not comprehending is a far more personal fault. — Krishna Udayasankar

Incrementalism: In the first generation, the goal of the movement was wholesale social and cultural transformation. Small, incremental victories were too little given the magnitude of America's moral decay. Since 1988, the new leaders have recognized that incrementalism is the surest path to success in political competition. The current movement is committed to securing small victories now, postponing for the long-term more fundamental changes in society and politics. — Kenneth D. Wald

Plans change, Iktomi said. Got a plan that doesn't require explosives.

Are you confident in that? Mangas asked.

I'm a god, Iktomi replied. I'm always confident.

I'm a human, Mangas thought, and we know shit happens. — Brandon Nolta

It is also certain that they are much mistaken that think the poverty of a nation is a mean of the public safety. Who quarrel more than beggars? who does more earnestly long for a change than he that is uneasy in his present circumstances? and who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who, having nothing to lose, hope to gain by them? — Thomas More

Everyone had a place. Everyone fit. Everyone belonged. Everyone but Anna Mae. — Kathleen Fuller

The traditional Chinese kingdoms operated under centuries of constraints on commerce. The building of walls on their borders had been a way of limiting such trade and literally keeping the wealth of the nation intact and inside the walls. For such administrators, giving up trade goods was the same as paying tribute to their neighbors, and they sought to avoid it as much as they could. The Mongols directly attacked the Chinese cultural prejudice that ranked merchants as merely a step above robbers by officially elevating their status ahead of all religions and professions, second only to government officials. In a further degradation of Confucian scholars, the Mongols reduced them from the highest level of traditional Chinese society to the ninth level, just below prostitutes but above beggars. — Jack Weatherford

For me, I'm in the driver's seat; I'm No. 1 in the world. I've won the last couple of meetings, and I've won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I'll try to beat him. But it's almost up to me to decide who's my rival, isn't it? — Roger Federer

he was like smog: there were always some of his molecules in the air. — Margaret Atwood

Communities in every corner of America struggle to fill nursing vacancies to provide care for everyone who needs it. — Kirsten Gillibrand

What does the name Virgin mean? We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these giants have had things their own way. We are going to have fun competing with them. — Richard Branson

The Boogeyman is your conscience. The Boogeyman is the result of your own bad behavior. I love this Boogeyman. — Sergio Aragones

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us ... — Benjamin Disraeli

Sometimes we hate the things we're afraid of. — R.J. Palacio

Sometimes you just have to be your own rockstar. — A.D. Posey

Poverty is when there is no food and a child is forced to fill its stomach with water for the night. — Matsime Simon Mohapi