Burtu Stili Quotes & Sayings

The only driver stronger than an economic argument to do something is the war argument, the I-don't-want-to-die argument. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The fact that many people overindulge, and lose themselves in excess, and make fools of themselves and act like idiots, is no reason for me to do these things. The reason for me to do these things is that I, too, am an idiot. — John S. Hall

In the whole history of capitalism, no one has been able to establish a coercive monopoly by means of competition in a free market ... Every single coercive monopoly that exists or ever has existed ... was created and made possible only by an act of government ... which granted special privileges (not obtainable in a free market) to a man or a group of men, and forbade all others to enter that particular field. — Nathaniel Branden

Do not taste food while you're cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it. — Phyllis Diller

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction. — Bell Hooks

These are times when what used to be called liberal is now called radical; what used to be called radical is now called insane; what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate; and what used to be called insane is now called solid, neo-conservative thinking. — Katrina Vanden Heuvel

It's better to copulate than not. — Robert A. Heinlein

So instead of a bra, what do you think I wore for support, intergalactically? Gaffer's tape. — Carrie Fisher

It is clear that the nations of the world now can only rise and fall together. It is not a question of one nation winning at the expense of another. We must all help one another or all perish together. — Carl Sagan

I hate writing. There are a million other things I'd rather be doing. I write because I have to. Because if I feel so strongly about what is happening to animals, and I don't do anything to help them, who will? — Rory Freedman