Hilferding Quotes & Sayings

The publication of the third volume of Capital has made hardly any impression upon bourgeois economic science. — Rudolf Hilferding

I love the way Dorothy Sayers described the wild side of His personality. To do them justice, the people who crucified Jesus did not do so because he was a bore. Quite the contrary; he was too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have declawed the lion of Judah and made Him a housecat for pale priests and pious old ladies.9 — Mark Batterson

I have a 15-passenger van, which is not fun to drive in L.A. ever. — King Tuff

For in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights. — Rudolf Hilferding

What you people call your natural resources our people call our relatives — Oren Lyons

Writers perform the so-called counterfactual thinking all the time. All the time. For most people, counterfactual thingking is a habit, but for writers, it is a necessity — Ika Natassa

In summer, the song sings itself. — William Carlos Williams

"I think you're begging the question," said Haydock, "and I can see looming ahead one of those terrible exercises in probability where six men have white hats and six men have black hats and you have to work it out by mathematics how likely it is that the hats will get mixed up and in what proportion. If you start thinking about things like that, you would go round the bend. Let me assure you of that!" — Agatha Christie

For I am he am born to tame you, Kate; and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates. — William Shakespeare

Self-reflection is an important stage to diagnose, develop and strengthen your creativity. — Pearl Zhu

You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you behave in a way that offends the people you're trying to deal with, they will stop dealing with you ... There are plenty of people who say, 'We don't care about etiquette, but we can't stand the way so-and-so behaves, and we don't want him around!' Etiquette doesn't have the great sanctions that the law has. But the main sanction we do have is in not dealing with these people and isolating them because their behavior is unbearable. — Judith Martin

The kings die so that their choice of the next Queen can be irrevocable, unassailable, and unprejudiced. — Alaya Dawn Johnson

If you are losing your leisure, look out!
It may be you are losing your soul. — Virginia Woolf

No person with a grievance can be also a person with an attractive personality! — Napoleon Hill