Teorija Struna Quotes & Sayings

What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue instead of being merely a de facto reality. The culture has been different. And secondly, the percentage of the world's population for whom such ascent was possible has gone up. But even though it has grown up, meritocratic ascent remains very much the attribute of a minority. — Immanuel Wallerstein

I shall never send for a priest or recite an Act of Contrition in my last moments. I do not mind if I lose my soul for all eternity. If the kind of God exists Who would damn me for not working out a deal with Him, then that is unfortunate. I should not care to spend eternity in the company of such a person. — Mary McCarthy

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. — Herbert Spencer

The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it. — Jim Garrison

Jess couldn't stop spitting out words, because they were words like blades to hurt, and if she swallowed them, she'd be scraped hollow. — Helen Oyeyemi

My land is where my dead lie buried. — Crazy Horse

When someone you love has died, there is a certain grace period during which you can get away with murder. Not literal murder, but pretty much anything else. — Daisy Whitney

You can plan on a change in the weather and time, but I never planned on you changing you mind. — Taylor Swift

It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club. — John Higgins

Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic. — Susan Sontag