“I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.” IfsThinkingLongRunningNaturalCitiesIssuesDevelopmentEconomicsAttractiveExpensiveNeighborhoodLong RunsSmarterEvidentSeattleCity Life Author:Stone Gossard
“They have passed the big inheritance tax, and that gets you when you are gone. You used to could die and be able to beat taxes, but not now. The undertaker don't go over your body as carefully as the assessor does your accumilated assets, and he gets his before the undertaker. They have it on these big fortunes now where they pay as high as 60 to 70 percent of what they leave. That's mighty expensive dying when it runs into money like that, and you won't see 'em dropping off as casually as they have been.” DoeHas BeensBodyBigsRunningAbleUsedDiesPayGoneDyingTaxesBeatsPercentFortuneYour BodyExpensiveEmsOver YouAssetsInheritanceDroppingUndertakerInheritance Tax Author:Will Rogers
“The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.” WarRunningSocialCenturyCostDamagePoisonExpensiveUndertakingsCost Of War Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“I'm convinced that sending people to Mars is so expensive that if you go once and bring the people back and then go again and bring the people back, we're eventually going to run out of money. But what if we send people the first time and they don't come back? What if they stay there?” PeopleIfsFirstsRunningFirst TimeConvincedExpensiveWhat IfMars Author:Buzz Aldrin
“If you have older children who avoid you like the plague, buy yourself some expensive bath salts, run a hot tub, and settle in for a long soak. Teenagers who haven't talked to you since their tenth birthday will bang on the door, demanding your immediate attention.” IfsChildrenLongRunningAttentionDoorsHavensHotTeenagerSettlingExpensiveSaltAdolescencePlagueBangsBathsTubsHot Tub Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by) Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)
“It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.” GivingPlayRunningDramaCrossesBridgesExpensiveSubtitles Author:Katori Hall