Equiparables Quotes & Sayings

Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing it into a class-based entitlement program may at long last bring Americans around to a consideration of the growing inequality that threatens the harmony of our democracy far more than the alarmist cry of 'racial division.' — Orlando Patterson

Since being a Jew not only means that I bear within me a catastrophe that occurred yesterday and cannot be ruled out for tomorrow, it is-beyond being a duty-also fear. Every morning when I get up I can read the Auschwitz number on my forearm, something that touches the deepest and most closely intertwined roots of my existence; indeed I am not even sure if this is not my entire existence. Then I feel approximately as I did back then when I got a taste of the first blow from a policeman's fist. Every day anew I lose my trust in the world. — Jean Amery

I've been involved in and out of the U.N. for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years! — Edward Luck

Writers read. Writers read promiscuously, aggressively and relentlessly. — Gina Barreca

Two broken shards, two drained batteries, two men who were merely shells. What — Cambria Hebert

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears. — Saint John Chrysostom

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

Guerrilla marketers do not rely on the brute force of an outsized marketing budget. Instead, they rely on the brute force of a vivid imagination. — Jay Conrad Levinson

So, what if everything in life is an illusion? Well, choose your illusion; Don't let it choose you. — Dionne

This being-nice crap was for the
birds. — Kerrelyn Sparks

The "self-actualization" philosophy from which most of this new bureaucratic language emerged insists that we live in a timeless present, that history means nothing, that we simply create the world around us through the power of the will. — David Graeber

Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave know best. Although I wear a lot of jeans, I've been told that Nick Cave doesn't own a pair and wouldn't be caught dead in denim. — Matt Berninger

Never buy a stock immediately after a substantial rise or sell one immediately after a substantial drop. — Benjamin Graham

I knew a guy who had $5 million and owned his house free and clear. But he wanted to make a bit more money to support his spending, so at the peak of the internet bubble he was selling puts on internet stocks. He lost all of his money and his house and now works in a restaurant. It's not a smart thing for the country to legalize gambling [in the stock market] and make it very accessible. — Charlie Munger

The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible. — William Poundstone