R Quotes
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“Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.”
“Riches will come when you follow Cosmic Ordering.”
Source: Cosmic Ordering Guide
“Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.”
“Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.”
“Riches you hold in your hands are inferior to treasures you harbor in your heart.”
“Riches you hold in your hands are inferior to treasures you store in your heart.”
“Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.”
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
“Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.”
“Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.”
Source: An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839
“Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.”
Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?”
Source: The Works of Anne Frank
“Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there as long as you live, to make you happy again. Whenever you're feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. Not at the houses and the rooftops, but at the sky. As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.”
Source: The diary of a young girl
“Riches, rightly used, breed delight.”
“Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.”
“Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.”
“Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God.”
Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!”
Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition
“Richest leaders are not those who have calories in their bank accounts; but those who have fats in their positive ideas.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“Richest people are those with the most friends.”
Source: Collaboration station coloring book for kids
“Richie Faulkner is very respectful to the songs that he plays from when [founding member] K.K. [Downing] was in the band. He plays them incredibly. And he's got his own nuances and his own techniques that he puts in - as he should.”
“Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them.”
“Richie Royal, age 15, is an up-and-coming young teen idol in China who has a hit record and many endorsements. He is considered the ideal idol for many young people in China as he is handsome, talented, comes from a good family, and smart. Born in the United States of America and went to school in Arcadia, California until he was 10 years old. He and his family relocated to China and established one of the largest beauty and fashion companies in Asia.
“Okay!” I said. “I should be excited to see an actual teen idol here, but I’m not,” I said, looking at Mom, Dad, Auntabelle and Trent. “I don’t know how long this traffic jam is going to be, but we have to make it to Grandpa’s house before the birthday, don’t we, Dad?”
- Amazon Lee Adventures in China by Kira G. and Kailin Gow”
“Richie Tienken, Comic Strip owner and Eddie Murphy’s co-manager at the time, wasn’t that amused by his client’s new friends.
Tienken recalled Keenen and Arsenio, in particular, jostling for Eddie’s affections.
“Keenen and Arsenio didn’t get along,” he says. “It was like watching two broads try to pick up a guy.”
Source: Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
“Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everything lost in Richmond, even our archives. Blue-black is our horizon.”
Source: Mary Chesnut's Diary
“Richmond serves one purpose. Lee must defend it. If we threaten the city, he will have to confront us. Lee will soon learn … we are not going away. If the newspapers and all those people in Washington must hear that, fine, I will write it down, send a letter to Stanton. You can deliver it yourself, read it to him, to all of them, make them understand what we are going to do. If it takes all summer … if it takes all year … it is only a matter of time before General Lee must face the consequences.”
Source: The Last Full Measure
“Richmond was my birthplace, but it was merely my launching pad, no home.”
Source: A Delirious Summer
“Richness and fat does need,
In logic clever fine deeds,
But paunches never do breed,
Fine thoughts or sublime seeds.
[45] - 2”
Source: Eddies of Life
“RICHNESS CAN CHANGE,
CHANGE LIVING
BUT NOT LOVING.”
“Richness does not exist in being wealthy; richness exists in having abundance in life.”
“Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.”
“Richness is not about what you have. It is about who you are.”
“Richness is not found in changing something that does not suit our preferences or orientation. Rather, real richness is found in understanding there is a definitive purpose that will be sacrificed in the changing that the changing will never make up for.”
“Richness refers to good manners, and it is not on the basis of a good amount of money. Artificial richness may come from money, but natural richness is only due to good manners.”
“Richness, the ideas of having plenty of money, is not ... an absolute state. Richness is about the amount of money you have compared to the people you see around you. It is about where you are in relation to others, and where they are in relation to you ... and whether you can have the things you want and other people have.”
“Rick and Scotty, who had heard Australian slang before from Digger Sears, one-time mate of the Tarpon, broke into chuckles.
"I'd better translate," Scotty said, "'Lord stone the crows' is just an expression. Oscar Ashe is hard cash. Yakka is hard work. And dinkum oil is gospel truth.”
Source: The Phantom Shark
“Rick Bass is one of a dwindling handful of American fiction writers still celebrating the importance of place, the natural world, and the struggle of a few brave souls to live and work respectfully in what's left of our western wilderness...The Lives of Rocks is his most lyrical and powerful book to date...a masterwork.”
“Rick Bass is one of the best writers of his generation.”
“Rick Berman, who produced Star Trek, was a big Night Court fan. So he knew who I was as soon as I walked in.”
“Rick Black writes with the honed elegance of a poet so in command of lyric sentiment and the efficient evocative use of language that what results is indeed as urgent and vulnerable as true prayer ... There is something profoundly human and completely necessary about Star of David.”
“Rick Blaine: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have Paris, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa Lund: When I said I would never leave you. . . . Rick Blaine: And you never will. But I got a job to do too. Where I'm going you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now . . . here's looking at you kid.”
“Rick Eldridge over at Reelworks Studios has the same vision that I have. They want to make good family quality product with a redemptive message underneath to allow people to open their hearts and minds. That (mindset) really drew me to The Ultimate Life...Their vision and what they want to do very similar to me and Erin.”
“Rick estaba sorprendido, no esperaba eso, la fiera que había conocido comenzaba a domarse y eso le gustaba, pensaba en llegar a un acuerdo, se levantó y caminó lentamente hacia ella, estudio su cuerpo, punto por punto, pies, pantorrillas, piernas, trasero en donde se enfocó por un momento, caderas, cintura, espalda, cuello, cabello y deseo perderse en esa geografía, caminaba lentamente intentando disimular la presencia de su amigo que le hacía una enorme presión entre su ropa interior, su erección comenzaba a dolerle y no sabía cómo controlarla.”
Source: Minerva: Arte, Pasión y Seducción (Arte, Pasión y Seducción (APS))
“Rick feels almost the way he used to halfway through his third drink, his favorite moment, the way he wishes all moments in life could feel: heightened with the sense that anything could happen at any moment--that being alive is important, because just when you least expect it, you might receive exactly what you least expect.”
Source: Player One: What Is to Become of Us
“Rick gave a mischievous grin.
"We're going to add a few things to that bucket list of yours, Amelia. You're going to have a snowball fight, make a snow angel, and go sleigh riding.”
Source: The Mysterious Doll
“Rick Grenell, who is an old U.N. hand, talk on Fox News about really pressing to see if the Iranians are violating any of the terms of the agreement, really press them on that, make sure there is full compliance.”
“Rick had said the perfect honeymoon was being together.”
Source: Mystery on the Bayou
“Rick looked at his watch and gave a nod. “Yup! We have enough time before our next appointment.”
“Enough time for what?” asked Amelia.
He grinned and began dancing around her and singing in jazz style: “Goin’ down the bayou! Goin’ down the bayou! Goin’ down the bayou! Doodle-ee doodle-ee-doo!”
When Rick saw her eyes brighten, he said, I checked out a few bayous at Cross Lake. We’re goin’ down the bayou, sweetie.”
Amelia asked with laughter in her voice, “Were you just singing a Disney tune? From the Princess and the Frog?”
“Yup! I have many talents.”
Source: Mystery on the Bayou
“Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.”
“Rick Nielsen, Angus Young. Huge Eddie Van Halen fan when I was younger. Jimmy Page is an enormous one who impacts me. When you grow up with classic rock like that and then you get into punk rock, you defy your roots and where you came from. I never really went through that. Even when I started listening to the Clash or the Sex Pistols, I still always listened to Led Zeppelin or Kiss.”
“Rick nudged Amelia and grinned. “Hey, stick with me baby, and I’ll keep you in shape. Good food. Exercise. Fun games. You name it.” He wiggled his eyebrows flirtatiously. “And plenty of lovin’. I guarantee it.”
An elderly couple sat on a bench, gazing at the scenery. The man grinned at Rick as he approached and gave an approving nod. Apparently they had heard his insinuations. Rick had spoken loud enough.
“You’ve got the right idea, young man,” said the elderly gentleman as he winked at his wife. “Plenty of lovin’. That’s what we do for sure.”
Source: Her Lost Love