"I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing."

-- Esther Dyson

#Thinking Quotes #Law Quotes #Guy Quotes

“Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.”
“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”
“One thing I had on my side when it came to How to Make It in America is that I'm a born-and-raised New Yorker. Filming in New York... I'm so thankful and humbled by the whole experience. A lot of it takes place in old neighborhood; I'm an East Village kid, so I get to see my old friends from the neighborhood, my family still lives there.”
“I've been so in my moment about my life.”
“With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.”

Source : Nassau William Senior (1836). “An Outline of the Science of Political Economy”, p.130
“Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.”
“So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process.”

Source : Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.
“An effective apology contains within it the answer to the question, "How am I to be held accountable?"”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.21, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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