Maxximastyle Quotes & Sayings

As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems. — Atul Gawande

Time was invented by the Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance. — Nicholas Murray Butler

No major institution in the US has so poor a record of performance over so long a period as the Federal Reserve, yet so high a public reputation. — Milton Friedman

These young writers nowadays. They spend more time networking to promote their writing careers than writing their books. Maybe that's why there are so few good ones anymore. — Lauren Carr

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so. — Jean-Marie Le Pen

You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much. — Adam McKay

Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. — Albert Einstein

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more. — Diane Keaton

My yacht. I don't mind going for a coupla hours' cruise. I'll even lend you that book so you'll have something to read on the revenue — F Scott Fitzgerald

Maturity ... is letting things happen. — Carolyn Heilbrun

We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"
Opening to "My Father's Son," attributed to George Orwell — George Orwell

In short, what ought to help most to open their eyes serves only to close them faster; — Francois Fenelon

There were people in Cuba who truly had substantial things to gain from revolution. There were people who had things to lose in the revolution. I think they're all allowed to have their memories of what happened. — Rachel Kushner

Piercing my eyes with a look so convincing he could tell me to jump off Agnimar Cliff and my only question would be
Should I go head- or feetfirst? — Holly Bodger