"Conservatism, being an upper-class characteristic, is decorous; and conversely, innovation, being a lower-class phenomenon, is vulgar. ...Innovation is bad form."

-- Thorstein Veblen

#Class Quotes #Innovation Quotes #Characteristics Quotes

“Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others.”
“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”
“Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words..”
“As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human rights the right to work and a certain number of economic, social, and cultural rights.”
“There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.”

Source : James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.235, Hachette UK
“Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (1994). “Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer”, Beacon Press (MA)
“I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”
“As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.”

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