When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished th...an you has been invited by your host...But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case th...ose who fail feel worthless.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that f...or twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops ... I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake ... but absolut...e personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through the nineteenth century, the desire to be able to find a restaurant open in case you want a sandwich, to be a free agent, live by one's own rules.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Some punishment seems preparing for a people who are ungratefully abusing the best constitution and the best King any nation was e...ver blessed with, intent on nothing but luxury, licentiousness, power, places, pensions, and plunder; while the ministry, divided in their counsels, with little regard for each other, worried by perpetual oppositions, in continual apprehension of changes, intent on securing popularity in case they should lose favor, have for some years past had little time or inclination to attend to our small affairs, whose remoteness makes them appear even smaller.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am absurdly fearful about this voyage. Various little omens have combined to give me a dark feeling.... Perhaps we shall live to... laugh at these. But in case of mishap I should perish with my husband and child, perhaps to be transferred to some happier state.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Long before your child sets foot in his dorm, you'll begin the transition to college-style parent. It's a transition fraught with ...misgivings and exuberance, with self-doubt and bursts of confidence, with joyful letting go and tearful hanging on. And in case you think these refer only to your child's feelings, they don't. These [emotions] besiege just about every parent along about second semester of junior year in high school. That's when the reality sets in that your child--not someone else's this time--will be going off to college.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »