“Liberal economists conceive of societies as black boxes connected by exchange rates; as long as exchange rates are correct, what goes on inside the black box is regarded as not very important.” LongImportantBlackGoes OnRateBoxesConnectedEconomistBlack Boxes Author:Robert Gilpin
“Bet on black. Buy low-debt or no-debt companies. When the economy is in trouble, these companies usually have enough cash on hand to stay out of trouble. And they seldom need to borrow when interest rates are high.” NeedsEnoughHandsBlackInterestCompanyEconomyTroubleLowsRateDebtCashInterest Rate Author:Nancy Dunnan
“My private tragedy, which cannot, and indeed should not, be anybody's concern, is that I had to abandon my natural idiom, my untrammeled, rich, and infinitely docile Russian tongue for a second-rate brand of English, devoid of any of those apparatuses–the baffling mirror, the black velvet backdrop, the implied associations and traditions–which the native illusionist, frac-tails flying, can magically use to transcend the heritage in his own way.” WayShouldUseBlackNaturalRichConcernTraditionTragedyMirrorsRateTongueFlyingBrandsNativeAbandonHeritageAssociationTailsVelvetImpliedIdiomSecond RateBackdropDocileIllusionists Book:The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated Source: The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated
“I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.” IfsKnowsCountryWantedPurposeBlackCrimeBabyRateSoleCrime Rates Author:William Bennett
“But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. If you awaken from this illusion, and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death - or shall I say, death implies life - you can conceive yourself.” IfsSelfBlackWhiteIllusionRate Author:Alan Watts