Rochow Muller Quotes & Sayings

When an economist attempts to prove that it is "irrational" to vote in national elections (because the effort expended outweighs the likely benefit to the individual voter), they use the term because they do not wish to say "irrational for actors for whom civic participation, political ideals, of the common good are not values in themselves, but who view public affairs only in terms of personal advantage. — David Graeber

I think America's obsession with guns and with violence in media and society is a horrible sickness. — Jeff Lemire

Sometimes not punishing your enemy is the best strategy. What they will do to themselves, after experiencing your mercy, is much more effective. — Sarah Noffke

It is not the inferiority of women that has caused their historical insignificance; it is rather their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority. — Simone De Beauvoir

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history. — Lord Acton

The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form. — Karl Blossfeldt

My sister is not my mother, but more than anyone else, she fills that role for me now - like it or not. And indeed, all women I know play that role for somebody - like it or not. — Sandra Tsing Loh

Idly, I switch the mean machine on and fire up the e-mail program. — E.L. James

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When we talk about the future, we often talk about it as damage and limitation exercise. That needn't be the case - it could be a Renaissance. — Mark Stevenson

Formerly irreconcilable enemies, morality and happiness have fused; today, it is being unhappy that is immoral; the superego has moved into the citadel of felicity and governs it with an iron hand. The end of culpability comes at the price of endless torment. Pleasure is no longer a promise but a problem. The idea of full satisfaction has replaced that of constraint, and it has in turn become a requirement that full satisfaction be achieved. Each of us is responsible for being in good shape, in a good mood, and no longer has to renounce anything; instead, we have to adapt to a process of improvement that rejects any resistance to change. Order has ceased to condemn us or deprive us; now it shows us, with maternal solicitude, how to fulfill ourselves. — Pascal Bruckner

I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool ... but that's just natural. — Dolly Parton

Perhaps the experience can give my writing a new dimension. Being actively engaged in the system which I criticize will be an interesting irony in itself. — John Kennedy Toole

The pure truth, spoken in pure love, will always attract, — Rick Joyner

I feel like this: When you call me in to do something with you, you must want me to do soul-singing. Because you know I'm a soul singer. Don't ask me to come in and rap. And don't ask me to come in and sing pop. — Sharon Jones