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People Quotes - Page 1027

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

Lydia Davis (2008). “Break It Down: Stories”, p.57, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The government and its chiefs do not have the powers of the mythical Santa Claus. They cannot spend except by taking out of the pockets of some people for the benefit of others.

Ludwig Von Mises, Murray Newton Rothbard (1980). “Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses”, Libertarian Press, Incorporated

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.

"That's Not Funny, That's C.K." by Joel Lovell, www.gq.com. August 2, 2011.

You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just's remarks on autumn 1792, as quoted in "Oeuvres Completes de Saint-Just", Volume 1, edited by Charles Vellay (p. 380), 1908.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.164