Voodoo Jester Quotes & Sayings

The gold standard had its advantages, no doubt. Exchange rate stability made for predictable pricing in trade and reduced transaction costs, while the long-run stability of prices acted as an anchor for inflation expectations. Being on gold may also have reduced the costs of borrowing by committing governments to pursue prudent fiscal and monetary policies. — Niall Ferguson

If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better. — Johan Cruijff

When you spoke to her there wasn't any mystery. In herself she was all the explanation I felt she needed. And that is rare, isn't it? To be explained by yourself, by what you are and what you do, and not by what you've done, or were, or by what people think you might be or might become. — Paul Scott

When you start crafting a story and characters, there is something so crazy important that you must always keep it in the back of your mind: there is no single force on this planet more powerful than that of empathy ... Hulk knows your likely counter already: "Oh yeah, Hulk? Well what about Galactus! Galactus is totally the most powerful!!!!" Pssssh. How does Galactus get defeated? It's because Alicia Masters appeals to the Silver Surfer's sense of empathy, which causes him to join the Fantastic Four and defeat his former master! Empathy, bitches. Empathy. — Film Crit Hulk!

Phury Syndrome - a condition whereupon one brother was so fucked-up that the other fell into a black hole trying to save him. — J.R. Ward

I don't understand people, never will. It looks like I got to travel pretty much alone. — Charles Bukowski

My mother taught me to read. — Fiona Shaw

I feel very emotional and party. — Andrew W.K.

Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest. — Andre Ward

After a couple of attempts at making shorts, I decided to make a feature film with a friend, Tom Hall, whom I've worked with ever since. — John Carney

He'd been dazzled by the luck; she smiled, knowing that luck was not real. The — Lauren Groff

The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist. — Jean-Paul Sartre

People have an annoying tendency to compare shoe prices with the cost of other things. They might say, 'Wow - those shoes cost as much as a sofa!' Well, this may be true, but the comparison is so silly. After all, you can't wear a sofa. — Mimi Pond