"Capitalism is the only society in human history in which neither tradition nor conscious direction supervises the total effort of the community; it is the only society in which the future, the needs for tomorrow, are entirely left to an automatic system."

-- Robert Heilbroner

#Effort Quotes #Community Quotes #Needs Quotes

“We can remind the world that all the dead on both sides have not settled our differences, so now it is time for the living to renounce violence as a means of solving this conflict.”
“Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and resistance to wrong is virtue alike in women as in man.”
“I'm in the business where I can't ever say there's no risk associated with someone.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“There are many gods . . . gods of beauty and magic, gods of the garden, gods in our own backyards, but we go off to foreign countries to find new ones, we reach to the stars to find new ones--. . . . The god of the church is a jealous god; he cannot live in peace with other gods.”
“Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution, tolerance and moderation, Angus maintained, but such politics were, alas, also very dull, and certainly moved nobody to poetry.”
“Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.”

Source : "Attributed to Oliver Herford in The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (p. 118)". 1982.
“But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.”
“I wasnâ€™t invited to be on staff at the Simpsons because they didnâ€™t want any women on staff at the time”

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