Melanau Quotes & Sayings

What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is "all it does" - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it. — David Foster Wallace

We're most likely to lose our rights when we allow ourselves to be persuaded to deprive others of theirs. — L. Neil Smith

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. — Benjamin Franklin

Travel takes control away from us, exposing our weakest points. We are acutely aware of our vulnerability. We are naive, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unversed. We are ignorant, roaming in the darkness of the unfamiliar. We are lonely, lost, disoriented. Travel pushes us across the chasm. We are moved to explore the mysterious, to confront our fear, to venture beyond the challenging, cryptic crevasses of our path. — Steve Zikman

What happens if fully rational politicians compete for the support of irrational voters - specifically, voters with irrational beliefs about the effects of various policies? It is a recipe for mendacity. — Bryan Caplan

All I have learned, I learned from books. — Abraham Lincoln

Zen teaches that once we can open up to the inevitability of our demise, we can begin to transform that situation and lighten up about it. — Allen Klein

One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life. — Vanilla Ice

Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful. — Nhat Hanh