“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.” ThinkingForceForgetOpinionIssuesViolenceWorstPaidContraryNakedFactorsCynicismIdealismWishful ThinkingReferee Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“I know I'm the world's worst fielder, but who gets paid for fielding? There isn't a great fielder in baseball getting the kind of dough I get paid for hitting.” KnowsWorldKindWorstBaseballPaidHittingDough Author:Dick Stuart
“I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.” PeopleIfsWantBigsJobsFilmWorstTruth IsMachinesPaidIncrediblesCraftsDisrespectfulCogs Author:Paddy Considine
“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.” PeopleCompanyCareersWorstDadPaidMy DadLots Of MoneyBusinessmanBest Company Author:Topher Grace
“In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.” PeopleNextGamesDifficultWorstPaidDifficult Times Author:Jack Welch
“If you have an economic system in which there must be a lower class, there must be unemployed. There must be a large pool of people working at the worst jobs and the lowest paid jobs. Once you have a system like that, then the most likely people to be victims of that are people of color.” PeopleIfsJobsClassEconomicWorstColorPaidVictimPoolLowestUnemployedEconomic SystemsLower Class Author:Howard Zinn
“I think I look very healthy. You've already seen what I've eaten, so I couldn't be anorexic, and I wouldn't throw up if you paid me $1,000, so I'm not bulimic. Okay, for $1,000 I would stick my finger down my throat, but throwing up is the worst thing in the world.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksWorstHealthyOkayPaidSticksFingersThroatThrowingWorst ThingsAnorexicsThrowing Up Author:Courteney Cox
“More than 70 percent of Colombians want peace. The rest are afraid of the price to be paid. But even they will realize that their worst fears will not come true. I'm quite optimistic that Colombians do back an agreement with the FARC.” WantRealizingWorstPercentPaidOptimisticAgreementWorst Fear Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“At 16, I got a part-time job selling double-glazing door to door. That was soul destroying but the worst part-time job I did was at university working on reception in a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Because no one else wanted to do it, they paid £8 an hour.” SoulWantedJobsHoursDoorsWorstDiseasePaidUniversitySellingDestroyingSexuallyReceptionClinicPart TimePart Time JobsSexually Transmitted Diseases Author:Kate Thornton
“As he paid the hansom and followed his wife's long train into the house he took refuge in the comforting platitude that the first six months were always the most difficult in marriage. 'After that I suppose we shall have pretty nearly finished rubbing off each other’s angles,' he reflected; but the worst of it was that May's pressure was already bearing on the very angles whose sharpness he most wanted to keep” FirstsMayLongWantedHouseDifficultWifeWorstMonthsSixPaidPressureTrainFinishedRefugeAngleSix MonthsAdaptationComfortingPlatitudesSharpnessMost Wanted Book:The Age of Innocence Source: The Age of Innocence
“Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedom.” ThinkingWellsMightForceForgetOpinionIssuesViolenceWorstPaidContraryDebateGhostDoctrineNakedFactorsSettlingImmoralAdviseJuryPassengersUntrueDukesWishful ThinkingPigeonsRefereeNever SettleBonaparteWellington Book:Starship Troopers Source: Starship Troopers