Michael Josephson Character Counts Quotes & Sayings

While every group has certain economic interests identical with those of all groups, every group has also, as we shall see, interests antagonistic to those of all other groups. While certain public policies would in the long run benefit everybody, other policies would benefit one group only at the expense of all other groups. The group that would benefit by such policies, having such a direct interest in them, will argue for them plausibly and persistently. It will hire the best buyable minds to devote their whole time to presenting its case. And it will finally either convince the general public that its case is sound, or so befuddle it that clear thinking on the subject becomes next to impossible. — Henry Hazlitt

One's truest nature is often the hardest to fight. — Vortigern Black

I'm a born librarian with a sex drive — David Bowie

Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them. — Gore Vidal

TV spots are short. If you can't hold folks' attention for 20 seconds before revealing the brand, find another line of work. — Lee Clow

We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God's offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are important, indeed we are the most important thing to him; even if we are sinners, we are what is closest to his heart. — Pope Francis

I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing. — Kate Micucci

Certainly the first true humans were unique by virtue of their large brains. It was because the human brain is so large when compared with that of a chimpanzee that paleontologists for years hunted for a half-ape, half-human skeleton that would provide a fossil link between the human and the ape. — Jane Goodall

Science gives an exact photograph of the world, but it lacks an essential dimension of reality. — Alija Izetbegovic

Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos. — Harold Edward Holt