"Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it."

-- David Ricardo

#Essentials Quotes #Utility Quotes #Values Quotes

“In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, Nietzshean dogma influenced each of them.”
“Now I become myself. Itâ€™s taken time, many years and places.”
“You have to learn the crowd. I just pay attention to them so I can make sure I can make them laugh.”
“Stop giving someone else the job of making you happy.”
“To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves,”
“Whenever you say 'yes' to anything, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your 'yes' is worth the less.”
“Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!â€™ said Jimmy longingly. â€˜How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!”
“If you have it you don't need it. If you need it, you don't have it. If you have it, you need more of it. If you have more of it, you don't need less of it. You need it to get it. And you certainly need it to get more of it. But if you don't already have any of it to begin with, you can't get any of it to get started, which means you really have no idea how to get it in the first place, do you? You can share it, sure. You can even stockpile it if you like. But you can't fake it. Wanting it. Needing it. Wishing for it. The point is if you've never had any of it ever people just seem to know.”

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