Adam Smith Institute Quotes & Sayings

Somehow the habit of eating had never appeared so ridiculous to me, and I rubbed my eyes. Presently I realized that my point of view came from having completely lost the desire to live. — Yukio Mishima

A direct tax upon the wages of labour, therefore, though the labourer might perhaps pay it out of his hand, could not properly be said to be even advanced by him, at least if the demand for labour and the average price of provisions remained the same after the tax as before it. In all such cases, not only the tax but something more than the tax would in reality be advanced by the person who immediately employed him. — Adam Smith

I pass over the spectacle of Poirot on a camel. He started by groans and lamentations and ended by shrieks, gesticulations and invocations to the Virgin Mary and every Saint in the calendar. In the end, he descended ignominiously and finished the journey on a diminutive donkey. — Agatha Christie

Three quarters of faith is boldness.
Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence.
Three quarters of love is kindness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don't let a bad review get you down. You can't always please everyone. — B.A. Gabrielle

Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, for they will feed you delicious morsels that they may later feast upon your tender flesh. — Michele Faison

It's the same with people who say, 'Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesn't kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you incredibly annoying. — Rob Sheffield

You look like a strip-o-gram, Julian said to Malcolm Fade, High Warlock of Los Angeles. — Cassandra Clare

We become in part what our senses take in. — Eknath Easwaran

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. — Jules Renard

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. — Donald Knuth

Nothing symbolizes American strength and vigor more than another unaccountable Washington bureaucrat. — Michelle Malkin

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. — Ann Bancroft

All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street. — Robert Cormier