Spinovati Quotes & Sayings

Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty. — Alan Barth

You bad birds,
But God shall not punish you, you
Shall be with us in heaven, though less
Conscious of your happiness, perhaps, than we.
Hell is a not quite satisfactory heaven, probably,
But you are the fruit and jewels
Of my arrangement ... — John Ashbery

To have a point, to have a purpose, was its own kind of freedom. — Heather Demetrios

Almost all of the demand for oil that suddenly pushed prices up was speculative demand. People began to speculate not only in stocks and bonds and real estate, but also in commodities. The market went up for old tankers, which were used simply to store oil in. A lot of the oil was simply being stored for trading, not used. — Michael Hudson

It shall dwell roses, from your sweet tears in my heart. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature. — Simone Weil

Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down. — David Byrne

Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month. — Bob Beauprez

When he was young, the lesson learned from his mother, as much by cuffs as caresses, was that love is action
what you do, not what you feel
but perhaps, he thinks now, it was a false lesson, and that love is something else altogether, something he knows nothing of. He sees it, this love, hovering like the Paraclete above the heads of a fig-leafed Cranach couple, streaming divine grace down upon them in burning rays. Where was his soul when this pentecostal fire was falling from the sky? — John Banville

was a parasite with nasty teeth, — Sandra Owens