“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
“If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired for the sake of this), and if we do not choose everything for the sake of something else (for at that rate the process would go on to infinity, so that our desire would be empty and vain), clearly this must be the good and the chief good.” IfsEndsWould BeDesireProcessGoes OnEmptyRateSakeChiefsVainInfinityIf Then Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation
“I writhe when I see myself on the screen. I'm such a dreadfully clumsy hulking image. I say to myself, "Why doesn't he get off? Why doesn't he get off?" I mean, I look like such an idiot. Some fat awkward thing dredged up from some third-rate drama company. I must stop thinking about it, otherwise I shan't be able to go on working.” ThinkingLooksMeanAbleCompanyGoes OnDramaThirdsRateScreensFatsIdiotAwkwardClumsy Author:Peter Sellers
“I firmly believe that every six years, a person goes through a serious change. Think about it: At 6, you start school. At about 12, you start hitting puberty. And then it goes on. You start hitting these different mental levels, and people change. I think that's part of the reason the divorce rate is so high.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelievePersonsDifferentReasonSchoolChangeLevelsSeriousGoes OnSixRateDivorceMentalityHittingAgeingPubertyDivorce Rates Author:Randy Houser
“Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure is on to lower that even further. And this just doesn't make a great deal of sense. When people say, 'Oh, we can't raise taxes on the rich. They'll go on strike, they'll move to another country.' But within recent memory, it hasn't been that long ago that we had rates that were substantially higher. And these people did just fine. I just think that there's a disconnect between the facts of what taxes do and the sort of mythology of what they do.” PeopleThinkingLongCountryFactsMovingMemoriesDealsRichFineGoes OnHigherTaxesPercentPressureRaisesRateStrikesMythologyLong Ago Author:Bruce Bartlett