"Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic results."

-- Katherine Dunn

#Thinking Quotes #Odds Quotes #Giving Quotes

“We know you're stashing him, Cena!”
“A few years ago, the Bose Acoustics Corporation had a new product, the Bose Wave Music System. And their ad campaign for it was not successful until they changed one thing. At the top of the ad they said, "Hear what you've been missing." And that caused the skyrocketing of the interest in purchasing of the product. Why? Because with something new, people are uncertain, and when they are uncertain, they want to avoid losses.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.”
“The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.”

Source : Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, J.R. McCulloch (2013). “History of Economic Theory: The Selected Writings of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, and J.R. McCulloch”, p.148, Coventry House Publishing
“Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.”

Source : TIME Interview, content.time.com. April 29, 2007.
“Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle!”
“I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.”
“I am sorry I didnâ€™t tell you the truth before. I was hoping I wouldnâ€™t have to. You kept asking about Romeo and what he was really like. I was hoping thatâ€â€”he smiled wistfullyâ€”â€œyou would recognize me.”

You may also like:

Chuck Palahniuk
Novelist
George Saunders
Writer
Joy Williams
Singer-songwriter
Karen Russell
Novelist
Kelly Link
Editor
Mark Dunn
Author
Monica Drake
Writer
Russell Banks
Writer
Flannery O'Connor
Writer