Sklen Kov Quotes & Sayings

There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure. — Isabel Paterson

If the possessor of a units of money receives h additional units, then it is not at all true to say that he will value the total stock a + h exactly as highly as he had previously valued the stock a alone. Because he now has disposal over a larger stock, he will now value each unit less than he did before; but how much less will depend upon a whole series of individual circumstances, upon subjective valuations that will be different for each individual. — Ludwig Von Mises

To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life. — Osho

RUSSEL. I may very well find her satisfactory - if she's on my level, of course. I've always wanted to meet a girl on my level. Let's see how sharp you are: define "supererogatory".
BONGI. Superfluous; unnecessary.
RUSSEL. Probably luck. What does "comminution" mean?
BONGI. I don't know. What?
RUSSEL. It means pulverization; reduction to fine powder. Define "umbilicate".
BONGI. I give.
RUSSEL. That was an easy one. What's the word sounds like? Obviously, it means having an umbilicus. I'll give you one more chance. Define "wimple".
BONGI. I haven't the vaguest.
RUSSEL. It is...
(He hesitates, surreptitiously pulls a two by five card from his pocket, glances hastily at it and puts it back).
...it means ripple. Well, don't feel to badly; you got the first one right; besides, you're not too bad looking, or, at least, you wouldn't be if you'd put a skirt on and look like a woman. — Valerie Solanas

Dead. Never been that before. Not even once. — Jasper Fforde

Millions of angels are at God's command. — Billy Graham

We're lucky to have you, Featherwhisker," Dappletail meowed. No cat spoke up for Goosefeather. With — Erin Hunter

I had to let go of my need to know everything before I moved ahead; I had to learn to function in the mystery. — Wilma Derksen

Manufacture dooms in your head and you will go mad. Reality is incontravertible. Also, it will not be anticipated. — M. John Harrison

There is no such thing as a story. The words on paper are only instructions used by each reader to create a story. The story itself exists in the reader's mind and nowhere else. And it is different for each reader, because no two people have the same experience, background, training, interests, and so on. — Damon Knight

Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently. — Ray Bradbury

Look, I have a huge penis --Jake Wethers — Samantha Towle

This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else. — Young Jeezy

Deriving truth from joy may be far more
easier than generating joy from the truth. — Toba Beta