A Capsule of Timeless Quotes

There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against the growth in population. The greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed. This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against the growth in population. The greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed. This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
Author: Ludwig von Mises
This image of herself as a not ordinary women, an image which was trembling now in his eyes, might suddenly disappear. Nothing more difficult to live up to than men's dreams.
Author: Anais Nin
No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control them. That's why you never see a gorilla in a movie, because the gorilla may decide there'll be no filming.
Author: Paul Mooney
It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.
Author: Ani DiFranco
The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.
Author: Rumi
I'm a big advocate of drones.
Author: Robert M. Gates
We declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Eretz Israel.... Force is all they do or ever will understand. We shall use the ultimate force until the Palestinians come crawling to us on all fours ... When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do will be to scurry around like drugged roaches in a bottle.
Author: Rafael Eitan
When our goals are clearly defined and intelligently set, you have, in essence, taken a major step toward programming your left brain. That frees your right brain to be its creative best.
Author: Zig Ziglar
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
Author: Ayn Rand
Now I wander these earthly lands from pole to pole And from shore to lonely shore Seeking concealment in corners but somehow the world still descends on my door Afflicted, addicted I pray for a potion To take all my vision away Oh to be a liar.
Author: Karine Polwart
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
Author: Jimmy Carter
THE TOTALLY AWAKENED warrior can freely utilize all elements contained in heaven and earth. The true warrior learns how to correctly perceive the activity of the universe and how to transform martial techniques into vehicles of purity, goodness, and beauty. A warrior's mind and body must be permeated with enlightened wisdom and deep calm.
Author: Morihei Ueshiba
The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal government.
Author: Barack Obama
I know we don't need to go from good to worse Living in the past begins to end and first All I want is a horizon line Get some clarity following signs
Author: Feist
So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves.
Author: Marie Osmond
I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.
Author: Alistair Brownlee
Wig Out At Jagbags is inspired by Cologne, Germany, Mark Von Schlegell, Rosemarie Trockel, Von Spar and Jan Lankisch, Can and Gas; Stephen-Malkmus-imagined Weezer/Chili Peppers, Sic Alps, UVA in the late 80's, NYRB, Aroma Charlottenburg, inactivity, Jamming, Indie guys trying to sound Memphis, Flipper, Pete Townshend, Pavement, The Joggers, The NBA and home life in the 2010's ...
Author: Stephen Malkmus
To demand that others should provide you textbook prognoses is like asking a strange woman to give birth to your baby. There are insights that can be born only of your own pain, and they are the most precious.
Author: Janusz Korczak
But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of being human.
Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith