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«A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show.»
«But for any writer worthy of the name there are moments during the writing process when the rest of the planet might as well have gone to Venus. And those moments are not for sale.»
«Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.»
«I saw with open eyes/ Singing birds sweet/ Sold in the shops/ For the people to eat,/ Sold in the shops of/ Stupidity Street.// I saw in a vision/ The worm in the wheat,/ And in the shops nothing/ For people to eat;/ Nothing for sale in/ Stupidity Street.»
Author: Ralph Hodgson | Keywords: for sale, open-eyed, sale, shops
«If the world did not purchase and consume meat, there would be none to slaughter and offer meat for sale.»
«If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.»
Author: Arabian Proverb | Keywords: buy it, for sale, sale
«Did you know Bill and Hillary Clinton were born under the same sign? Know what sign? 'For Sale.'»
«It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.»