Jensyn James Quotes & Sayings

And for the second time that day he blesses the certainty of airports because he can always turn around and go someplace else. — Colson Whitehead

Life unexamined, is not worth living. — Democritus

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man. — Sean Connery

A cell is just a room if you don't lock the door. — Haruki Murakami

Vengeance against predators is meals on wheels. — Stefan Molyneux

Deuteronomy's notion of tithes - that for two out of three years surplus is shared broadly with the disadvantaged, and in the third year is given to them outright - is sound economics when seen in light of conceptions of redistributive economics in primitive societies. In modern capitalist societies, surplus earnings are placed into savings, and insurance policies are taken out to hedge against various forms of adversity. The laws of tithing may be construed as another element in a program of primitive insurance. In a premodern society, A will give some of his surplus in a good year to B, who may have fallen on hard times in exchange for B's commitment to reciprocate should their roles one day be reversed. — Joshua A. Berman