P2649 Quotes & Sayings

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval monarchs rich and funded the early-modern state. — Jill Lepore

Science is almost totally incompatible with religion. — Peter Atkins

Like all enjoyable things, you see, it has unenjoyable parts to it. — Philip Roth

Guilt is a guide that will lead me whenever I choose to follow. It will raise its righteous banner and take me to the wasteland of my incompetence. Guilt is a voice that will speak whenever i choose to listen. It will mournfully address any subject but one : correcting the mistake. — Hugh Prather

To every description of citizens, let praise be given. but let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the Constitution of the United States. Let them cherish it, too, for the sake of those who, from every clime, are daily seeking a dwelling in our land. — George Washington

If love could be purchased, everybody would have paid a thousand dollars a pound for it. You know it doesn't work that way. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said.
Safer? He didn't realize.
I was already dead. — Ruta Sepetys

When these pictures burst, the stars drew yet further apart. Black space opened. She got to her feet to fight better — Maxine Hong Kingston

To get to play a bad person and do bad things in a safe environment like 'Arrow' was pretty amazing. — Seth Gabel