“When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and those classes that may not necessarily seem applicable in the moment end up coming back to you time and time again.” PeopleThinkingMayEndsMomentsSeemsClassCollegeDisagreeWorthwhileComing Back Author:Kevin Systrom
“People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don't mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we're entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it's just not simple when it comes to freedom.” PeopleThinkingWantMayMeanJobsCertainSoundBornSimpleClassConditionsPerspectiveBetrayalBetray Author:Thomas Frank
“I am a great believer in high-priced people. If a thing cost a lot it may not be any better, but it adds a certain amount of class that the cheap thing can never approach; in the long run it's the higher-priced things that are the cheapest.” PeopleIfsMayLongRunningCertainBusinessClassAmountHigherCostApproachAddBelieverLong RunsCheap Things Book:Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President Source: Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President
“We all like to look forward to things. Incentivize yourself with a reward—a massage, dinner with a friend, a night watching your favorite show, a yoga class on Saturday morning. Visualizing a reward at the end of the to-do tunnel may help with reaching goals/completing tasks.” LooksMayEndsHelpingShowsNightGoalClassMorningYogaTasksRewardsDinnerReachingSaturdayTunnelsMassageYour FavoriteCompletingVisualizingSaturday MorningReaching Goals Author:Samantha Ettus
“Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit and taste; they may be looked upon as the connecting link of the two great classes of society.” PeopleMayTwoInterestClassBirthHabitTasteLawyerLinksConnectingAristocracyClasses Of Society Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“So multifarious are the different classes of truths, and so multitudinous the truths in each class, that it may be undoubtingly affirmed that no man has yet lived who could so much as name all the different classes and subdivisions of truths, and far less anyone who was acquainted with all the truths belonging to any one class. What wonderful extent, what amazing variety, what collective magnificence! And if such be the number of truths pertaining to this tiny ball of earth, how must it be in the incomprehensible immensity!” IfsMenMayDifferentEarthNamesNumbersClassWonderfulTruth IsBallsTinyVarietyCollectivesBelongingMagnificenceImmensity Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts