Pitaji Quotes & Sayings

When you're a teenager, being different- if it's not by choice - seems like the worst thing imaginable. But is it really? — Sara Raasch

In December 1790, with other options foreclosed, Hamilton revived a proposal he had floated in his Report on Public Credit: an excise tax on whiskey and other domestic spirits. He knew the measure would be loathed in rural areas that thrived on moonshine, but he thought this might be more palatable to farmers than a land tax. Hamilton confessed to Washington an ulterior political motive for this liquor tax: he wanted to lay "hold of so valuable a resource of revenue before it was generally preoccupied by the state governments." As with assumption, he wanted to starve the states of revenue and shore up the federal government. Jefferson did not exaggerate Hamilton's canny capacity to clothe political objectives in technical garb. There were hidden agendas buried inside Hamilton's economic program, agendas that he tended to share with high-level colleagues but not always with the public. To — Ron Chernow

I tell you, the Pokemon industry has bled me dry. — Alessandro Nivola

No one has to give you permission to make music or make art. — Jared Leto

One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing — H.L. Mencken

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men raised in a culture of blood revenge do not change in a day. — Geraldine Brooks