“In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the wealth has been accumulated rapidly. For great wealth is accumulated rapidly by cunning or chance, or a mixture of the two. Cunning has nothing to do with high qualities; it is rather a presumption against them; while chance has nothing to do with them either. Therefore it is that men are always complaining after meeting So-and-so, that he seemed to be astonishingly stupid, though he made a million in ten years and started as a pauper.” IfsMenWayYearsHas BeensMadeTwoPoliticsWealthChanceQualityMillionsEconomyStupidTenMeetingsMerePossessionComplainingNineLiberalismCunningMixturesDisappointPresumptionHigh QualityEminenceAlways Complaining Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right, the guy who runs Facebook got mad at the NSA for spying on people. Talk about the pot unfriending the kettle!” PeopleRunningGuyPoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeComedyPolicyOrdinaryEthicsConstitutionMarkMadHuman RightsSocial MediaTerrorismComplainingIdeologyPotPresident ObamaFree SpeechFoundersSpyDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceNsaKettlesZuckerberg Author:Jimmy Fallon
“First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy.” FirstsCarePoliticalPoliticsPartyComplainingVotersApathySwings Author:Gail Collins
“You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.” PoliticalPoliticsComplainingMotiveExposedAttribution Author:Stanley Baldwin
“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.” PoliticsElectionComplainingSilverOlympicsComplaintsOblivionFinishing Author:Richard M. Nixon