"[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number of places around the world."

“One reason for the primacy of the market in shaping the modern world is that it forces a reorganization of society in order to make the market work properly . When a market comes into existence, as Marx fully appreciated, it becomes a potent force driving social change.”

Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.19, Princeton University Press

“I've always had horrible Valentine's Days.”

Source : "James McAvoy and Rebecca Hall Interviewed - 'Starter For Ten'". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 21, 2007.

“Friendship is the heaven of life.”

“My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.”

Source : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold Mozart (1966). “The Letters of Mozart and His Family”

“I thought of the priest who'd told me that many religions hold that it is easier to be closely connected to people we love after death than before.”

“The purpose of finance is to enable business to acquire the ownership of capital instruments before it has saved the funds to buy and pay for them. The logic used by business in investing is things that will pay for themselves is not today available to the 95% born without capital. Most of us owe instead of own. And the less the economy needs our labor, the less able we are to "save" our way to capital ownership.”

“Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.”