Mainsprings For 8 Quotes & Sayings

One simple answer is that there has been a massive rise in the incidence of sanctimony and smugness among the successful that has nothing to do with any change in the underlying reality. Rather, it has been stimulated by politicians who have realized that it is possible to win power by recruiting the most economically successful forty per cent or so of the population in a crusade to roll back the gains made by their fellow citizens in the previous forty years. And how better to rationalize this than to tell people that they deserve the incomes that the market generates? — Brian M. Barry

Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions. — Francis Kelley

She was dangerous. I'd heard the rumors, that she had a history as a wild woman, that she'd been married to a gambler, maybe even been one herself, that her past was scandalous at best. But who was I to judge? My past was littered with scandal. — Margaret Madigan

I started to grow microbial cellulose to explore an ecofriendly textile for clothing and accessories but, very quickly, I realized this method had potential for all sorts of other biodegradable consumer products. — Suzanne Lee

see you two working so well together," Belmore — R.G. Winter

I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or a corporation. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of a land of small farmers, of shopowners, and merchants. Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act that ensured that the great western prairies of America would be the realm of independent, propertyowning citizens-a mightier guarantee of freedom is difficult to imagine. — Ronald Reagan

The failure of Lehman Brothers demonstrated that liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve would not be sufficient to stop the crisis; substantial fiscal resources were necessary. — Ben Bernanke

Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead. — Margaret Mitchell

You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside. — Alexandra Stoddard

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator. — Olivia Newton-John

He, of all people, understood all about these hidden mainsprings in the twisted gadgetry of the soul. — Andre Aciman

If there is no randomness in the universe, then what do we mean by chaos? — Rupert Sheldrake

I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or corporation. — Ronald Reagan

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself. — Ian Frazier

Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do. — Billy Joe Saunders

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. — Carl Von Clausewitz