Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ludwig von Mises

Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and not merely contrary notions. There is no such thing as a mixed economy, a system that would stand midway between capitalism and socialism.

Viktor E. Frankl

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another ones belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another ones right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

Adam Clarke

Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.

Annalee Newitz

My first goal would be to reduce the perturbation in the carbon cycle. That would mean using carbon neutral sources of energy, and changing our agricultural practices to be less disruptive and polluting. I'm not talking about a policy here so much as changing the way our infrastructure works. That's why I'm so fascinated with changing the way we build cities, because they are the most developed forms of physical infrastructure for human habitation.

Ani Difranco

I mean, I think it's hard enough to find somebody you can stand for more than ten minutes, so, like, you shouldn't narrow your options.

Ani Difranco

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.

Andy Goldsworthy

I'm an artist living in a small, Scottish village. So one would expect to be treated with some sort of caution. And the village and the farmers have shown enormous tolerance of me and interest in what I do. I mean, they don't necessarily understand what I'm doing all the time. But they, you know, I think they respect what I do and that there is a connection between what they do with the land and what I do, you know, that we're both dependent on weather and respond to that.

Andrew Miller

Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us.

Andrew Marvell

He nothing common did, or mean, / Upon that memorable scene, / But with his keener eye / The axe's edge did try.

Aldous Huxley

Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east...

E. O. Wilson

The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.

Thomas Jefferson

Never use two words when one will do.

Saadi

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

Richard Cecil

The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs in us by his Spirit. Most errors arise from an attempt to separate these two.

Vince Cable

I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.

Victoria Principal

There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them.

Victoria Moran

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

Victoria Moran

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

Rusty Wallace

The racetrack said, 'You get a release from the judge, we'll let you race,'

Bobby Hamilton

I don't think you can do it with 10 races to go in trucks because we only run 25 races,

Jose Mourinho

Maybe next season we can race.

Kurt Busch

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

Henry Rollins

When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one bad guy and got your guys out of Iraq - I don't understand why he seems to inflame people so much. You know, unless, unless there's a race problem.

Henry Adams

No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.

Henry A. Kissinger

Many of the scientists have believed that their contribution to ending the nuclear race is not to let any new weapons to be developed.

Helio Castroneves

In a long race, if I'm worried about fatigue, my concentration is the first thing to go.

Henry Ford

Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.