Quotes & Sayings About Tralfamadorians From Slaughterhouse Five

The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God. — Will Durant

You don't need a big pen to write a tall story — Benny Bellamacina

Successful people willingly do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do. — John Spence

The department was set up primarily to protect us from another terrorist attack from Islamic terrorists, and yet they talk about everything but that. — Peter T. King

My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it. — Cillian Murphy

Oh, that's great. That way, when things have quieted down, and we come up for air, or money, or re-supply, we'll get a nice explosive package from him that says "so nice to see you again" in a way that only multi-megaton yields can. — Howard Tayler

Looked at from another perspective, in the 30 years from 1952 to 1981, stocks returned 9.9% and bonds returned only 2.3%, while inflation annualized out at 4.3%. Thus, during this period, the bond investor lost 2% of real value on an annualized basis, while the stock investor made a 5.6% real annualized return. The last fifteen years of that period were years of high inflation, so this is just another way of saying that stocks withstand inflation better than bonds. Short-term — William J. Bernstein