Peter Reith Quotes & Sayings

Freud is all nonsense; the secret of neurosis is to be found in the family battle of wills to see who can refuse the longest to help with the dishes. — Julian Mitchell

Now she had tasted love she felt that to lose it would mean that she would spend the rest of her life trying to capture just a tiny bit of what she had right here and now." p70 — Claire Upton

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work. — Steven D. Levitt

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had. — Miranda Otto

[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power are left to their own devices. This is because of the corrupting influence of power, the natural tendency of men who possess some power to take unto themselves more power. The tendency leads eventually to the acquisition of all power - whether in the hands of one or many makes little difference to the freedom of those left on the outside. — Barry Goldwater