Brockelmans Market Quotes & Sayings

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. — Benjamin Disraeli

Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of any soldier for his weapon or any part of his equipment. — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

Every hour in itself, as it respects us in particular, is the only one we can call our own. — Jean De La Bruyere

In America, racism exists but racists are all gone. Racists belong to the past. Racists are the thin-lipped mean white people in the movies about the civil rights era. Here's the thing: the manifestation of racism has changed but the language has not. So if you haven't lynched somebody then you can't be called a racist. If you're not a bloodsucking monster, then you can't be called a racist. Somebody has to be able to say that racists are not monsters. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! — Marvin Minsky