"I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds."

-- Zygmunt Bauman

#Imagination Quotes #Lag Quotes #Ruthlessness Quotes

“Bad leaders care about who is right.Â Good leaders care about what is right”
“The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy, of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy.”
“God is a lion that comes in the night. God is a hawk gliding among the stars-- If all the stars and the earth, and the living flesh of the night that flows in between them, and whatever is beyond them Were that one bird. He has a bloody beak and harsh talons, he pounces and tears.”
“You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. â€¦ You are captivesâ€”and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?â€”your captivity and the captivity of the world.”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.25, Bantam
“I think that you should just create if you have the urge to create. There's a lot of other careers you can pursue to seek attention. If people want validation, there are other ways to get that.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“It's a juggling act. Every time I get going on the album stuff or being musical, acting kicks in and I book a job. It comes down to a money thing.”
“A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time,Â yet be wise enough to know you will fall short.”

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