Quaffable Quotes & Sayings

The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. — Jaron Lanier

I learned another rule, men don't buy men flowers — Dora Okeyo

As a journalist for 35 years, and now author for 20, I've learned that there's always more. — David Maraniss

I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when I look up at the sky. I know where I am when I look up at the Moon; it's not just some abstract romantic idea, it's something very real to me. See, I've expanded my home. — Gene Cernan

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good. — Karlheinz Stockhausen

What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. — Alain De Botton