“The Roman arena was technically a level playing field. But on one side were the lions with all the weapons, and on the other the Christians with all the blood. That's not a level playing field. That's a slaughter. And so is putting people into the economy without equipping them with capital, while equipping a tiny handful of people with hundreds and thousands of times more than they can use.” PeopleUseChristianSidesLevelsEconomyBloodFieldsWeaponsTinyLionsArenaHandfulSlaughterPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Louis O. Kelso
“People are hungering for property — for a secure, permanent and independent link with spaceship earth that ownership represents and which only ownership can protect or defend. It is humiliating to possess nothing, to own nothing, and hence to produce nothing and to count for nothing.” PeopleEarthProduceProtectIndependentPropertySecurePermanentLinksOwnershipSpaceshipsHumiliating Author:Louis O. Kelso
“They sense that there's a majority out there and that the emotions are all on the other side-if they can be heard. They think the politicians are going to yield to the emotions. I think the corporations are wrong about that. I think the companies will have to give in only at insignificant levels. Because the companies are too strong, they're the establishment. The environmentalists are going to have to be like the mob in the square in Romania before they prevail.” IfsThinkingGivingStrongSidesLevelsEmotionCompanyHeardPoliticianMajorityCorporationsYieldSquaresEstablishmentInsignificantEnvironmentalistRomania Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.” PeopleMindArtPlayAnswersConversationBoringQuestions And Answers Author:Ved Mehta
“I had to add Oguchi into the list. After all, he’s a soccer player—fittest athletes ever. At 6'4 210 pounds, he's one of the most feared men in the world's game. I've played against a lot of massive defenders. And no one has Oguchi's strength. His shoulders and chest are so big that people confuse him with an NFL player. He can move anyone in the game with one arm, including the best strikers in the world. Guys absolutely fear him.” PeopleMenWorldBigsMovingGuyGamesPlayerArmsAddIncludingAthleteListsShouldersSoccerNflPoundsMassiveChestsDefendersSoccer PlayerStrikersNfl Players Author:Charlie Davies
“In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.” ThinkingNeedsWellsCountryHelpingTermPrinciplesSkillsManagementThailandManagement Skills Author:Yingluck Shinawatra
“I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.” PersonsImportantLawImportant ThingsFairnessRule Of Law Author:Yingluck Shinawatra
“Just as Freud couldn’t always be blamed for the Freudians, Bresson didn’t always feel obliged to behave like a Bressonian.” FeelsBehaveObliged Author:Jonathan Rosenbaum
“It's a sign of this film's greatness that the enormous sadness that accompanies the final leave-taking of the circus interior is a good deal more than the conclusion of an unpretentious evening's entertainments; it's a sublime and awesome coda to the career of one of this century's greatest artists.” FilmArtistDealsCareersSadnessCenturyGreatnessFinalsEntertainmentEnormousConclusionEveningSublimeInteriorsCircusAccompany Author:Jonathan Rosenbaum