"The more successful capitalists are in cutting their wage costs, the less money workers will have to buy back what those same capitalists produce. It's a contradiction."

“Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.”

Source : James Wright (2011). “The Branch Will Not Break: Poems”, p.57, Wesleyan University Press

“It is not for us . . . to send out missionaries to foreign peoples; it is our task to build up our own Western culture.”

“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”

“I like to write a lot of satire.”

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

“Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced”

“Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties.”

Source : "Saving the economy or saving the planet is not an either-or" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2008.

“The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.”

Source : Hartman Rector, Jr. (2011). “Already to Harvest”, p.23, Cedar Fort