Recoditos Hasta Quotes & Sayings

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. — John Adams

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman

The pioneer labor historian John Commons was not wrong when he wrote around World War One that exploiting and deepening such tensions as outpacing scientific management among U.S. innovations where bossing was concerned. Amidst the general miseries of proletarianization, workers also learned that one source of meager benefits and protections could lie in claiming a white skin. — David Roediger

The masculine ideal of perfection creates a hyper-sensitivity to any nuance of imperfection. Any man who commits his life to the perfectionistic ideal of masculinity is going to feel like a failure. The people around him will feel abused and oppressed by him. The only way to do things is his way, the right way, the ideal way. Every man who succeeds at this game will wind up in the same place: Alone in his victory. At the top of the pyramid there's no room for anyone else. — Mary Crocker Cook

There have been summits of civilization at which heretics like Socrates , who was killed because he was wiser than his neighbors, have not been tortured, but ordered to kill themselves in the most painless manner known to their judges. But from that summit there was a speedy relapse into our present savagery. — George Bernard Shaw

The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.) — Jenny Offill

The creation of all those symbols and logotypes which are an ever more striking feature of the world in which we live calls for a new and fresh approach to lettering in the part of the designer. In these logotypes the combination of letters can be more or less obvious; but only deliberately contrived encounters of elements and confrontations of values can lead beyond the letters to new forms of expression. — Armin Hofmann

Yes, translation is by definition an inadequate substitute for being able to read a masterpiece in the original. — Terry Teachout

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain. — Mohsin Hamid

The trusts and combinations - the communism of pelf - whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten nor forgiven. — Grover Cleveland

I do not fear death, for death transforms visionaries into martyrs; converts noble ideas into powerful movements. — Dan Brown

What's your heritage, anyway? I said irritably, backing away, putting more space between us. He regarded me blankly, looking startled by the personal question, and as if he lacked a frame of reference for one. — Karen Marie Moning