“If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.” IfsMenKindSaidJoyWealthPleasurePoorPayToo MuchCitizensComfortableFellowsSakeEsteemDoing GoodGave UpPoor ManBenevolentMisersAccumulating Wealth Book:Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth Source: Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth
“Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls the tune. An artist cannot be at once a rebel and a comfortable citizen.” ArtMatterArtistHumanityPayRightsCitizensComfortableAssumingTunesRebelUnreasonablePipers Author:Walter J. Phillips
“The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.” NationsCitizensComfortableGravesGuaranteesNurtureCradleMaintenance Author:Edward Bellamy
“Giving people what they want reduces us to consumers instead of treating us like citizens, consumers who are on the prowl for the predictable and comfortable. What we want winds up being suspiciously like what we've already got, more of the same-the cultural equivalent of a warm bath.” PeopleWantGivingWindCitizensComfortableWarmConsumersBathsPredictable Book:The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age Source: The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
“Moving forward, investigative journalists need to train themselves to be media amphibians - just as comfortable with the classic verities of great journalism as they are with video, Twitter, Facebook, and, most importantly, citizen journalism.” NeedsMovingMediaCitizensComfortableTrainVideoMoving ForwardJournalismJournalistClassicAmphibiansCitizen Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington