Umbras Journals Quotes & Sayings

Fred Harrison claimed in his book Ricardo's Law: House Prices and the Great Tax Clawback System that property owners are generally able to clawback their cumulative income tax payments through gains made from land values, while renters are financially penalized by income taxes. Thus, the progressive income tax is a scam by which the poor subsidize the rich. — Martin Adams

Incivility is the extreme of pride; it is built on the contempt of mankind. — John G. Zimmerman

It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune is in want of a wife! — Jane Austen

Well, this is us, Jack. Cuban cane rum and yanqui Coca-Cola; Cuba Libre, 'free Cuba'. Only we call this cocktail 'ha-ha' now, because there's no Cuba and no freedom. Salad! — Jaxy Mono

We live in an age of mediocrity. — Lauren Bacall

Everyone must learn from the past. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Capitalization learning: we get good at something by building on the strengths that we are naturally given. — Malcolm Gladwell

And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend — Mahatma Gandhi

The socialist tradition ... goes back to Jesus Christ,
not (Karl) Marx. — Mikhail Gorbachev

And then I began to drift, fighting tears. I used to come here with Miriam. Miriam, my heart's desire. What was troubling her this morning? Maybe Kate had reproached her on the phone for leaving me? How dare Kate.
Oh yeah? Go for it, my darling. Remind her of what she's missing. No, don't. — Mordecai Richler

In Washington, when you're a leader, you have to put aside partisan politics to do what's right for the people. — George Pataki

Let's talk about adoration, people love adoration but they should not love it so much, because it can make them turn from the righteousness of God and His Holy Word to receive adoration from sinners who don't believe and want their own way, so it is better to be humble, and obedient to God and suffer persecution of his Holy Word then to seek and long for adoration from men — Lydia Thornton

My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.' — Jorge Posada

I think maybe love can just ... dissolve."
"No, it does not," her mother said.
"So how do
"
"You hang on," her mother said. "Until your hands are bleeding, and still you do not let go. — Kristin Hannah