Pre Capitalist Economic Systems Quotes & Sayings

The unvarnished truth is that what we most frequently give thanks for betrays what we most highly value. If a large percentage of our thanksgiving is for material prosperity, it is because we value material prosperity proportionately. — D. A. Carson

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction. — Rufus Choate

Adult Swim's philosophy is, 'Put it on the air and if it works, great. If it doesn't, take it down and try again.' It's a refreshing way to do TV, I think. — Eric Wareheim

You were picking up the vibes off a guy who was supposed to be alive and scaring us, but who was - is - dead and scaring us? — J. Cameron McClain

-Are you ready to return to the outside world, Billy?
-No, definitely not, sir.
-Well, you can't stay here forever now, can you?
-Why not? I'm not bothering anybody, sir.
-Because it's not healthy. You're a very special young man, Billy. It's time you found that out on your own, out there. The world may not be as terrible as you think.
-I would like to stay here one more month, if I may, sir.
-One more month? Why?
-Summer will be over, sir. I can't go out there if it's going to be summertime.
-And why not?
-I wouldn't want to see any young girls playing. I would not want to see any flowers outside.
-Why?
-Because everything happy right now is going to die.
-But Billy...
-I would not like to be reminded of anything pretty.
-But Billy, of course, anything might...
-I would not like to be reminded.
-OK, OK. We will se what we can do, Billy. — Joe Meno

I think I've got it pretty easy compared with somebody who works at a desk nine to five. I'm just working for an hour in the evening. I get a bit breathless, as I have to talk non-stop because of the puppets. — Nina Conti

All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it. — Shannon L. Alder

I don't have much time, sir, but fortunately I have a lot of gin. — Terry Pratchett

Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic. — Brie Larson

In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too. — Lord Chesterfield

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs. — Herbert Hoover

Fiction is founded on truth ... unless things did happen,people couldn't think of them. — Agatha Christie