Alertas Quotes & Sayings

Just as Karl Marx did not attribute what he saw as the detrimental effects of a market economy to the ill will of individual capitalists, so Adam Smith did not attribute what he saw as the beneficial effects of a market economy to the good will of individual capitalists. Smith's depictions of businessmen were at least as negative as those of Marx,21 even though Smith is rightly regarded as the patron saint of free market economics. According to Smith, the beneficial social effects of the businessman's endeavors are "no part of his intention."22 — Thomas Sowell

I want to kiss you one more time before I die. — Cassandra Clare

The techniques of kitsch, which are based on imitation, are rational and operate according to formulas; the remain rational even when their result has a highly irrational, even crazy, quality. — Hermann Broch

The only thing that continues is the consequences of our action. — Huston Smith

My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job! — Ken Spillman

My real life is funnier than anything on TV. — Roseanne Barr

Let the wet earth embrace you firmly, soundly.
She needs to be revived, she needs to beat like a heart
full of adrenaline inside a chest. — V.S. Atbay

I'm lookin' at these Disney characters, these young girls coming out looking like, little whores. — Sharon Jones

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing. — Pete Townshend

Writing is not about ideas, it is about the expression of ideas - a written expression. — Paul Raymond Martin

I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way. — Ewan McGregor