“I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words to make it clear but I willregardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.” BelieveGovernmentAgeLyingIndividualI BelieveWishSexClearColorIntegrityConcernDignityEssenceAddWelfareCreedsInnateDecencyAncestryGovernment Lies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the West in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called in any sense privileged, it has shown the largest and most consistent concern for the well-being of the classes which lie below it in the social scale.” WellsLyingSocialClassModernIntellectualGloryConcernWestScalesWell BeingConsistentPrivilegedHistoricModern Times Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“The chief obstacle to success lies in the stubborn fact that if the favorable prospects of a concern are clearly apparent they are almost always reflected already in the current price of the stock. Buying such an issue is like betting on a topheavy favorite in a horse race. The chances may be on your side, but the real odds are against you.” IfsMayRealFactsLyingSidesChanceRaceIssuesConcernHorseCurrentsObstaclesChiefsBuyingOddsStubbornYour SideProspectsBetting Author:Benjamin Graham
“It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.” LyingConcernProfoundConviction Book:Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress Source: Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress
“Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper.” YearsLyingHeavenSleepBattleEatingConcernNegativeAspectSpreadDustDenialGrayDecayDirtCleaningIdenticalWashingWardrobeSweepingHouseworkHousekeepers Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“All writers who can claim to be called 'living' must be political in a sense. They must have what the Quakers call a concern to understand what is happening in the world, and must engage themselves, in their writing, to promote no comfortable lies, of the sort which people will pay well to be told rather than the truth.” PeopleWorldWritingWellsPoliticalLyingPayComfortableHappeningsConcernClaimsQuaker Author:Storm Jameson
“A woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? From the beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her highest concern is mere appearance and beauty.” WantDoeHas BeensArtLyingHighestArt IsConcernMereAppearanceAliensHostileGreat Art Author:Friedrich Nietzsche