Weltmerz Quotes & Sayings

As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others. — Luc De Clapiers

A freedom-fighter is a slave to freedom. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Capitalism requires individual responsibility and accountability. People are seen as atomized units in a capitalist system - they are either useful, or they are not. They are not seen racially or ethnically or religiously. They consume and they produce, and those are their only relevant characteristics. — Ben Shapiro

As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed to put people on the Moon. For the first time, this nation was united in trying to develop an interplanetary capability. We've been trying to repeat that situation ever since. — Buzz Aldrin

Study after study shows that the very best designers produce structures that are faster, smaller, simpler, clearer, and produced with less effort. The differences between the great and the average approach an order of magnitude. — Fred Brooks

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar. — Rick Kaplan

My son craves picture books about Transformers and Ninja Turtles and the Hulk; they show one fantastic creature smashing or zapping another into smithereens on page after page. They are dull and ugly and show no interesting stories or models of conflict resolution or character building. — Russell Smith

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material for a story, and they look at it that way. — Terry Brooks

The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time. — Bob Hope

Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul? — Socrates

Much discussion of money involves a heavy overlay of priestly incantation. — John Kenneth Galbraith

You wake up, and that's enough. — Chuck Palahniuk

I was glowing with health and well-being, as a woman will glow when she's been fucked four times in one day by two different men, — Erica Jong

Some great players, like Ted Williams and Stan Musial, had one more great hitting season left around the age of 40. — George Vecsey