“I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building.”

George Eliot

George Eliot - “I fear that in this thing many rich...” 1

Similar quotes

“Bricks could be used to feed the homeless. But why not use those bricks to build the homeless people homes? Oh yeah, because that’s not the sort of smart decision DC makes.
”

Jarod Kintz
Read more

“A brick could be used like the point where always meets never. I mean come on, who wouldn’t want to watch a brick levitate? 
”

Jarod Kintz
Read more

“A brick could be used in conjunction with another brick to be the Democrat and Republican Presidential candidates. People will say, Vote for the brick on the left, or, The brick on the right is better. But do not be deceived—they're both the same, and they're both bricks.
”

Jarod Kintz
Read more

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”

Lucy Parsons
Read more

“I don't mean what other people mean when they speak of a home, because I don't regard a home as a...well, as a place, a building...a house...of wood, bricks, stone. I think of a home as being a thing that two people have between them in which each can...well, nest.”

Tennessee Williams
Read more