Slaughterhouse Five Free Will Quotes & Sayings

The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat. — Confucius

Believe it or not, some of us have piercings and tattoos and dye our hair because we think it looks pretty, not for any deep sociological reason. This isn't an act of protest against cultural or social repression. It's not a grand, deliberately defiant gesture against capitalists or feminists or any other social group. It's not even the fashion equivalent to sticking two fingers up at the world. The boring truth of it, Gabriel, is that I don't dress like this to hurt my parents or draw attention to myself or make a statement. I just do it because I think it looks nice. Disappointed? — Alex Bell

Smiles and friendly nods are like fabric softeners for the face. — Peter Hedges

The last guest lecturer to honor the students with her presence had been Isabelle Lightwood. And the 'lecture' had consisted of a stern and humiliating warning that every female in a ten-mile radius should keep her grubby littler hands off Simon's hot bod.
Fortunately, the tall, dark-haired man who strode to the front of the classroom looked unlikely to have any interest in Simon or his bod. — Cassandra Clare

I only drink coffee in dire emergencies. That is I have to drive at 3am, have fifty miles or more to go, I'm falling asleep and there is no Pepsi Max available. — C.S. Woolley

A girl needs to eat ... ," she said.
"A girl needs to follow the rules here, or she gets axed. — Alyse M. Gardner

An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life — Sunday Adelaja

Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness. — Eckhart Tolle

The high five card will be an insignificant bonus to the incredible time I'll have traveling the world and meeting new people, especially fans of Nando's — Christopher Poole

It is a mournful task to break the sombre attachments of the past. — Victor Hugo

There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility. — King Felipe VI

I love knowing that I am part of your happiness. — Auliq Ice

I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out. — Trent Reznor

The electoral victories of Thatcher (1979) and Reagan (1980) are often viewed as a distinctive rupture in the politics of the postwar period. I understand them more as consolidations of what was already under way throughout much of the 1970s. The crisis of 1973-5 was in part born out of a confrontation with the accumulated rigidities of government policies and practices built up during the Fordist-Keynesian period. Keynesian policies had appeared inflationary as entitlements grew and fiscal capacities stagnated. Since it had always been part of the Fordist political consensus that redistributions should be funded out of growth, slackening growth inevitably meant trouble for the welfare state and the social wage. — David Harvey