Grimsrud Publishing Quotes & Sayings

Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives. — David Harsanyi

Eco" comes from the Greek word oikos, meaning home. Ecology is the study of home, while economics is the management of home. Ecologists attempt to define the conditions and principles that govern life's ability to flourish through time and change. Societies and our constructs, like economics, must adapt to those fundamentals defined by ecology. The challenge today is to put the "eco" back into economics and every aspect of our lives. — David Suzuki

I went to the Hotel of the Violet Hippopotamus and drank five glasses of good wine. — Anton Chekhov

The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers. — Sarah J. Maas

My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner. — Emilio Estevez

[When asked about Writing Conferences]
You meet people that will change your life. — Susan Wingate

I don't know. I got nothing. No house, no people, no place. Maybe that's troubles. Don't I say? — Alex La Guma

Invest time that will compound forever. — Henry B. Eyring

Dylan and Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith, all dark, all romantic. When I say "romantic," I mean a sensibility that sees everything, and has to express everything, and still doesn't know what the fuck it is, it hurts that bad. It just madly tries to speak whatever it feels, and that can mean vast things. That sort of mentality can turn a sun-kissed orange into a flaming meteorite, and make it sound like that in a song. — Jeff Buckley

The less you have, the more you enjoy. — Carine Roitfeld

It's a professional military. You sign up and agree to allow your countrymen to use your life as they see fit for the next four years. And I think we all should have a greater role in ensuring that we use those lives wisely. — Phil Klay

proud men and umbrageous men, casting black shadows. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I'm interested in genius the way a hungry man is interested in Philadelphia cheesesteaks. I want something. I want a piece of it. — Eric Weiner