Lasiciliaweb Quotes & Sayings

A recent Economist article on dialysis perfectly illustrates the inflationary impact of cost-plus pricing. Since U.S. clinics are paid on a cost-plus basis, they prefer to use expensive drugs rather than cheaper ones. In fact, many appear to order drugs in units that exceed what a standard dosage requires because they can charge the government for the wastage. Quoting a stock research firm, the article noted that many clinics preferred an injected drug with a price of $4,100 a year over the identical drug in oral form, priced at only $450 a year. Not surprisingly, the manufacturer of the oral drug responded by increasing its price above that of the injected version to make it more competitive! — David Goldhill

Everyone is my teacher. Some I seek. Some I subconsciously attract. Often I learn simply by observing others. Some may be completely unaware that I'm learning from them, yet I bow deeply in gratitude. — Eric Allen

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life. — Graham Moore

I almost never respect men. They're like flowers
all show, a lot of color and lust. You pick them and throw them on the ground. — Barbara Kingsolver

Misrepresented its own studies and the concerns of physicians suggesting the drug may increase the risk of heart problems. — Greg Abbott

Dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn't let you sleep. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Faith's the agreement to abandon detachment, John! To supplant a packaged security for open integrity. To agree not to learn anymore. It is the acceptance of a channel, by a man who was previously able to move on the whole terrain — Philip Wylie

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out. — William Shakespeare

It doesn't say: "Logan's kid brothers looked like little angels in Star Wars pajamas and that fucking fuckface tried to shoot them dead, and what's the point in God, or anything in the universe after that?"
It doesn't say: "God. Where the fuck were you last night? — Andrea Portes

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished. — Tom Brokaw

It wasn't that cold
she'd thought to let the embers do for the night
but she felt the sudden need for the comfort of a fire, the assurance of its light. — Terry Goodkind

Still, I believed I understood. Or maybe I just put it in a context I could safely manage. — Alexandra Styron

When you have humor, you have a base for collaboration. It is very important. — Igor Levit

I didn't do a movie until I was almost 30. I'm grateful for that because it gave me a chance to be an adult in the world and do work in the regional theater that very few people cared about. I loved it and I wanted to do that stuff. — Annette Bening

Hypocrites have just as much right to live in this world as anybody. She — Harper Lee