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Rockefeller, John D.
1839–1937
1839–1937
1
The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest…The American beauty rose can be produced in the splendour and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it.
The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest…The American beauty rose can be produced in the splendour and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it.
W. J. Ghent
Our Benevolent Feudalism
(1902); "American Beauty Rose" became the title of a 1950 song by Hal David and others
Roddenberry, Gene
1921–91
1921–91
1
These are the voyages of the starship
Enterprise
. Its five-year mission…to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Beam us up, Mr Scott.
often misquoted as, "Beam me up, Scotty"
These are the voyages of the starship
Enterprise
. Its five-year mission…to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Star Trek
(television series, from 1966)
Beam us up, Mr Scott.
often misquoted as, "Beam me up, Scotty"
Star Trek
(1966 onwards) "Gamesters of Triskelion"
Roddick, Anita
1942–
1942–
1
I think that business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" principles—qualities like love and care and intuition.
I think that business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" principles—qualities like love and care and intuition.
Body and Soul
(1991)
Roethke, Theodore
1908–63
1908–63
1
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolour of pad and paper-weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places.
O who can be
Both moth and flame? The weak moth blundering by.
Whom do we love? I thought I knew the truth;
Of grief I died, but no one knew my death.
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolour of pad and paper-weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places.
"Dolour" (1948)
O who can be
Both moth and flame? The weak moth blundering by.
Whom do we love? I thought I knew the truth;
Of grief I died, but no one knew my death.
"The Sequel" (1964)
Rogers, Samuel
1763–1855
1763–1855
1
Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
But there are moments which he calls his own,
Then, never less alone than when alone,
Those whom he loved so long and sees no more,
Loved and still loves—not dead—but gone before,
He gathers round him.
It doesn't much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to find next morning that it was someone else.
Think nothing done while aught remains to do.
"Human Life" (1819) l. 49.
But there are moments which he calls his own,
Then, never less alone than when alone,
Those whom he loved so long and sees no more,
Loved and still loves—not dead—but gone before,
He gathers round him.
"Human Life" (1819) l. 755
It doesn't much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to find next morning that it was someone else.
Alexander Dyce (ed.)
Table Talk of Samuel Rogers
(1860)
Rogers, Will
1879–1935
1879–1935
1
Income Tax has made more Liars out of the American people than Golf.
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.
Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
Income Tax has made more Liars out of the American people than Golf.
The Illiterate Digest
(1924) "Helping the Girls with their Income Taxes"
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.
The Illiterate Digest
(1924) "Warning to Jokers: lay off the prince"
Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
in
New York Times
30 September 1923
You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
in
New York Times
23 December 1929
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