Hiskei Quotes & Sayings

The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses ... It is the cheap cloth, the cheap cotton and rayon fabric, boots, motorcars and so on that are the typical achievements of capitalist production, and not as a rule improvements that would mean much to the rich man. Queen Elizabeth owned silk stockings. The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within reach of factory girls. — Joseph A. Schumpeter

It has made mincemeat of Barack Obama's pose of thoughtfulness. It has demonstrated that he lacks even a rudimentary understanding of the most basic economic realities. It has dramatized environmentalism's descent into infantilism. — George Will

Sometimes things aren't what you think they are, and even when things seem really bad, it can work out. — Abigail Tarttelin

The biggest milestone in a relationship is when you can fart in front of each other freely and loudly. Without judgements — Himmilicious

I had discovered something; there was a pleasure in becoming something new. You could will yourself into a fresh shape. Now all I had to do was figure out how to do it out there, in my life. — Claire Dederer

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church. — Charles Simic

Friends are plenty when the purse is full. — Gene Stratton-Porter