Farzin Singer Quotes & Sayings

The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of seven senses. I presume the Irishman's seventh sense was common sense; and I believe that the possession of that virtue by my countrymen-I speak as an Irishman. — Lord Kelvin

The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen. — Joaquin Phoenix

He's probably out there in the hallway right now, composing bad poetry in his head." Michi cleared her throat, her voice taking on a breathless lilt:
"Pale Fox's Daughter,
Her cherry lips haunt my dreams.
Something, something, breasts ... — Jay Kristoff

Every person has one particular time in his life when he is more beautiful than he is ever going to be again. For some it is at seven, for others at seventeen or seventy, and as Laura Fleischman read out loud from Shakespeare, I remember thinking that for her it was probably just then. — Frederick Buechner

We don't claim to have perfect morals, but at least we have a huge area of things that, while legal, are beneath us. We won't do them. Currently, there's a culture in Americathat says that anything that won't send you to prison is OK. — Charlie Munger

We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones. — Henry Cloud

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do. — Charles Barkley

The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing. — Mahatma Gandhi

Do we really need more romance attached to the act of blowing people away? — John Leo

Judging is not your job; it is God's job. God is the only one who can judge another person correctly. Your job is to pay mind to your own life and to your relationship with God. — Steve Harper

Since money or other resources must be withdrawn from possible alternative uses to finance the supposedly desirable public goods, the only relevant and appropriate question is whether or not these alternative uses to which the money could be put (that is, the private goods which could have been acquired but now cannot be bought because the money is being spent on public goods instead) are more valuable - more urgent - than the public goods. And the answer to this question is perfectly clear. In terms of consumer evaluations, however high its absolute level might be, the value of the public goods is relatively lower than that of the competing private goods because if one had left the choice to the consumers (and had not forced one alternative upon them), they evidently would have preferred spending their money differently (otherwise no force would have been necessary). — Hans-Hermann Hoppe

I have to leave the games now if the announcer says something I don't agree with. I'm thinking, 'Peyton, it is not healthy to be all worked up before a game.' — Peyton Manning

Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range of human activities - that constitutes its most decisive superiority over any of its rivals. — Paul Johnson

What do you want?'
'I want to play,' he said.
I stared at him. 'Just like that. You don't know what I'm involved in, but you want a piece of it.'
'Following you around lets me kill a lot of people. — Laurell K. Hamilton

her way to me. "You're late," she jokingly scolded. — Kiera Cass