"Any flights would be taken business class, since Roger thought that the whole point of having money, if it had to be summed up in a single point, which it couldn't, but if you had to, the whole point of having a bit of money was not to have to fly scum class."

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Source : John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.24, Faber & Faber

John Lanchester

#Taken Quotes #Class Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Many people know what they want to have, but have no idea of who they want to be. Getting 'things' simply will not fulfill you. Only living and doing what you believe is 'the right thing' will give you that sense of inner strength that we all deserve.”
“One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”
“Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state.”
“God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot -- and some of you people.”
“I do not hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them gleich alles zusammen - at the same time all together.”
“If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ...”
“We can always make ourselves liked provided we act likable, but we cannot always make ourselves esteemed, no matter what our merits are.”
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.”

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