“The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.” MenDoeEarthLawTurnsCausesNaturalSunHonorBirdTraditionTrapsNatural Law Author:Khalil Gibran
“We never will have any prosperity that is free from speculation till we pass a law that every time a broker or person sells something, he has got to have it sitting there in a bucket, or a bag, or a jug, or a cage, or a rat trap, or something, depending on what it is he is selling. We are continually buying something that we never get from a man that never had it.” MenPersonsLawBusinessSittingSellsProsperitySellingBuyingBagsTrapsRatsCagesSpeculationBucketsBrokersJugsBuying Something Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929 Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929
“I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South barely tolerated spinsters living upon the grudging patronage of sister's husband or brother's wife! stuck away in some little mouse-trap of a room encouraged by one in-law to visit another little birdlike women without any nest eating the crust of humility all their life! Is that the future that we've mapped out for ourselves?” KnowsWellsLittlesLawLife IsRoomsCasesWifePositionHumilityBrotherHusbandEatingPreparedSouthStuckTrapsMiceNestsIn-lawsPitifulUnmarriedMarried WomenPatronageSpinstersMouse Traps Book:The Glass Menagerie Source: The Glass Menagerie
“Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.” IfsLawIndividualToo MuchStudentsCreditDebtEnormousCardsTrapsRest Of Your LifeCredit CardRelievedBankruptcyCredit Card Debt Author:Noam Chomsky
“I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.” IfsKnowsNeedsLawBornCommonCasesSharePolicyFairsCaughtImmigrationCommon SenseIrelandTrapsNew YorkersFair ShareImmigration PolicyImmigration Laws Author:Michael Bloomberg