Lincoln Steffens Quotes

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Lincoln Steffens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1866 - August 9, 1936

Topics

BusinessMenBetterCorruption

There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.

Matthew Ramsey

StrongJust BecauseListenOldBig

I'm not interested in owning a bunch of driveways.

Jeff Greene

Not InterestedOwningInterested

Your parents are always a big influence on you. They help you make you who you are. The main thing my parents taught me is just to be a nice person - to be generous, kind and happy. I hope it comes off when I work and meet people.

Amber Le Bon

WorkHopeHappyParentsPeopleMe

I won an amateur night, October 8th, 1985. I went to work the next day and quit my job.

Steve Harvey

WorkDayJobNightQuitNext

I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.

Matt Bevin

EducationGoodChildrenChildhood

I just show up and try to find the joy in every situation.

Jon Cryer

JoyFindSituationTryUpJust

When I see a role I want, I fight for it.

Deborah Mailman

FightWantSeeI SeeRole

Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality... Buildings were judged - at least by members of our own profession - more by the way they looked in magazines than by the satisfaction people felt when using them.

Christopher Alexander

PowerPeopleRealityBuildingsWay

I went to college a little bit, and that didn't work out, and I didn't finish. So, I would play in bars until I ran out of money, and then I'd get a real job.

Chris Stapleton

WorkMoneyJobCollegePlayFinish

I trained to sing well, but now I sing poorly for a living. That was money well spent.

Colleen Ballinger

MoneyNowLivingWellSingPoorly

I was a tomboy as a child! I wanted my daughter to be a scrapper and not so dainty.

Constance Marie

DaughterChildTomboyWantedDainty

Warlords, dictators and terrorists are normally okay with the U.S., as long as they do the bidding of U.S. corporate interests.

Brendan Sexton III

LongOkayDictatorsCorporate

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