Petras Quotes & Sayings

I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. — Sarah Dessen

Nothing, nothing,
the whole long day, nothing. — Franz Kafka

The US was forced to withdraw troops from Iraq after an extremely costly decade-long military occupation, leaving in place a regime more closely allied to Iran, the US' regional adversary. The Iraq war depleted the economy, deprived American corporations of oil wealth, greatly enlarged Washington's budget and trade deficits, and reduced the living standards of US citizens. The Afghanistan war had a similar outcome, with high external costs, military retreat, fragile clients, domestic disaffection, and no short or medium term transfers of wealth (imperial pillage) to the US Treasury or private corporations. The Libyan war led to the total destruction of a modern, oil-rich economy in North Africa, the total dissolution of state and civil society, and the emergence of armed tribal, fundamentalist militias opposed to US and EU client regimes in North and sub-Sahara Africa and beyond. Instead — James F. Petras

Golden Arches' are the gateway to the afterlife. — Gasmaskman

To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. — Colette

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad. — George Washington

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things. — William Dean Howells

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot. — George Cukor