view“Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power, and the love of money. Separately each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. place before the eyes of such men a post of honor that shall at the same time be a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. ”
— Benjamin Franklin, June 2nd, 1787
view“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, and still they continue to lie.”
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn
view“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
— Robert Heinlein
view“You have to be odd to be number one.”
— Dr. Seuss
view“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
— George Washington
view“Nationalism is about power: its adherent wants to acquire as much power and prestige as possible for his nation, in which he submerges his individuality. Whereas nationalism is accordingly aggressive, patriotism is defensive: it is a devotion to a particular place and a way of life one thinks best, but has no wish to impose on others.”
— George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism,” Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, vol. 3, 362
view“There are few cheerier things than buying a bunch of used books and taking them to a cafe to read.”
— Paul Graham
view“You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”
— M. Scott Peck
view“One is not, by decision, just a writer. One becomes a writer by writing, by shaping thoughts into the proper or improper words, depending on the subject, and by doing it constantly.”
— Louis L'Amour
view“Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better.”
— Ray Bradbury