“It is a matter of course and of absolute necessity to the conduct of business, that any discretionary businessman must be free to deal or not to deal in any given case; to limit or withhold the equipment under his control, without reservation. Business discretion and business strategy, in fact, has no other means by to work out its aims. So that, in effect, all business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.” MeanMatterFactsUseLastsCoursesGivenDealsCasesEffectsLimitsAbsolutesAimStrategyWork OutAnalysisBusinessmanEquipmentDiscretionReservationsSabotageBusiness StrategySagacity Book:The Nature of Peace Source: The Nature of Peace
“It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist.” Has BeensArtPoetryDealsMistakeLogicAimPhilosopherAbstractConcreteAestheticsMisconception Book:The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition Source: The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition
“It may be that a second wave of the sexual revolution might at last accomplish its aim of freeing half the race from its immemorial subordination--and in the process bring us all a great deal closer to humanity. It may be that we shall even be able to retire sex from the harsh realities of politics, but not until we have created a world we can bear out of the desert we inhabit.” WorldMayRealityMightAbleLastsHumanityPoliticsSexProcessWomenDealsRaceHalfRevolutionBearsAimWaveAccomplishDesertSexismRetiringHarshSubordinationSexual RevolutionHarsh Reality Book:Sexual Politics Source: Sexual Politics
“Missionaries, whether of philosophy or religion, rarely make rapid way, unless their preachings fall in with the prepossessions ofthe multitude of shallow thinkers, or can be made to serve as a stalking-horse for the promotion of the practical aims of the still larger multitude, who do not profess to think much, but are quite certain they want a great deal.” ThinkingWayWantMadeStillsPhilosophyCertainFallDealsHorseAimPracticalsThinkerPreachingMultitudesShallowRapidsPromotionStalking Author:Thomas Huxley
“The aim of New Deals is to exterminate the class of creditors and thrust all men into that of debtors. It is like trying to breedcattle with all cows and no bulls.” MenTryingDealsClassAimCowsBullsThrustCreditorsNew DealDebtors Author:H. L. Mencken
“If your aims as a donor are modest, you can accomplish an awful lot. When your aims become elevated beyond a reasonable level, you not only don't accomplish much, but you can cause a great deal of damage.” IfsCausesLevelsDealsAimAccomplishAwfulDamageReasonableModestDonors Author:Irving Kristol