Pisarra Quotes & Sayings

An economists' consensus is perhaps more a rarity than a regularity. But when it happens, we need to pause and take stock. — Dani Rodrik

Growing up in the south, N.Y.C. always seemed like a destination to visit but not to live in. — Martha Hunt

your rainbow colors
come out to play when it pours -
chase the gray away — Betsy E. Snyder

You can never be sure where you are with magic. — Jo Walton

When Hamid dropped Lata off at her house at nine that night, he felt hollow. The touch of her soft body was sheared from him like bark from a tree, and he spent the entire night tossing and turning. — Saadat Hasan Manto

The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society. — Adolf Hitler

Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive their free[dom] ... The Negroes thus bound, are (by their Masters or Mistresses) to be taught to read and write; and to be brought up to some useful occupation, agreeably to the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, providing for the support of Orphan and other poor Children. And I do hereby expressly forbid the Sale, or transportation out of the said Commonwealth, of any Slave I may die possessed of, under any pretence whatsoever. — George Washington

One of the things Obama's been doing is deliberately trying to increase the percentage of our population that is dependent on government for their living. For example, do you know what was the second-biggest demographic group that voted for Obama? ... Unmarried women. Seventy percent of unmarried women voted for Obama. And this is because, when you kick your husband out, you've got to have Big Brother government to be your provider ... — Phyllis Schlafly

One of the biggest challenges in investing is that the opportunity set available today is not the complete opportunity set that should be considered. Limiting your opportunity set to the one immediately at hand would be like limiting your spouse to the students you met in high school — Seth Klarman

We are imitating Nature, who is variable; and he who imitates her cannot be blamed. — Michael A. Ledeen

In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup
And talk of the old country
mud and boards,
Poverty,
The snow falling down and necks of lovers. — Louis Simpson