Irneng Quotes & Sayings

Although Adam Smith is today often regarded as a "conservative" figure, he in fact attacked some of the dominant ideas and interests of his own times. Moreover, the idea of a spontaneously self-equilibrating system - the market economy - first developed by the Physiocrats and later made part of the tradition of classical economics by Adam Smith, represented a radically new departure, not only in analysis of social causation but also in seeing a reduced role for political, intellectual, or other elites as guides or controllers of the masses. — Thomas Sowell

The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny. — Laozi

Reality's kind of a medium, maybe greater than paper. We all want life to have the same texture that we read about in novels. — Why The Lucky Stiff

To feel one's attachment to a certain region, one's love for a
certain group of men, to know that there is always a spot where
one's heart will feel at peace these are many certainties for a single
human life. And yet this is not enough. But at certain moments
everything yearns for that spiritual home — Albert Camus

I like the challenge. I do not like the attention. — Pedro Martinez

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane. — George Orwell

My sincere thanks to friends and family, especially my mother, father, brother, and Mandy, who continue to love and support me despite my obsessions. — Jonathan Ball

Can we avoid people? How is that possible? And if we associate with them, can we change them? Who gives us that power? — Epictetus

Hey Mason, wipe that drool off you face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own time. -Rose to Mason — Richelle Mead

You must allow yourself to start thinking BIGGER and acting BOLDER with regards to what's possible for you. Seriously. Don't wait. Start now. — Hal Elrod

Which is all rather silly, because any woman setting out to make a living by the sword isn't about to go around looking like something off the cover of the more advanced kind of lingerie catalogue for the specialized buyer. — Terry Pratchett

Bet it was some ride." Theo manfully swallowed the prickly lump in his throat. There was a
jittering inside his chest that came as much from seeing his father break apart as from anxiety over
Maddy. "I'll haul her in, Dad. You're going to wreck your arm — Nora Roberts

I have never gauged myself against anyone else. — Lance Henriksen

Any society which gives lip-service to the idea of equal opportunity is going to generate jealousy of others who are better off than you are, even if the thing that's in short supply can't be carved up and shared without destroying it. — John Brunner

Churches are healthier and stronger if they assume responsibility both for financing their own programs and for stimulating their members to accept that responsibility. — John M Swomley