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“I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.”
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“I quit driving, I'm not retired.”
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“Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.”
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“The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingrown and finally emerged from the Kentucky hills like some remnant of Attila the Hung's barbarian horde. Flick said that they had webbed feet and only three toes. It might have been true.”
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“NYC Marathon cancelled: runners are scrambling to find some other meaningless accomplishment to use as a proxy for control over their lives.”
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“Science has taken away our religion.”
Source : Bryan Appleyard (2004). “Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science”, p.232, Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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“When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially in the financial service industry and among people that have access to these funds, mostly well-to-do people. It does not go to the worker.”
Source : "Marc Faber: Not Even Gold Will Save You From What Is Coming" by Matthew Boesler, www.businessinsider.com. March 27, 2013.
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“If Carrie Ford wins the National I'll bare my backside to the wind, and let everyone kick it.”
Source : "Voyeurs, berets and Rip Van Winkle - the year in quotes", www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2005.