"The institution of a leisure class has emerged gradually during the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism; or more precisely, during the transition from a peaceable to a consistently warlike habit of life."

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.7, e-artnow

Thorstein Veblen

#Class Quotes #Leisure Quotes #Transition Quotes

“Peregrine Wickwrackscar was flying. A pilgrim with legends that went back almost a thousand years-and not one of them could come near to this!”
“Someday, when in the presence of our Savior, we will thank Him for every burden, every trial, and every heartache.”

Source : J. Vernon McGee (1994). “On Comfort: Words of Hope for the Hurting”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated
“My business is staunching blood, and feeding fainting men.”
“I would have been a Republican if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.”
“Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.”
“And luckily, for whatever reason, I've found people who are interested in living with and owning and existing around the DNA of my mind, which is my visual work. I've found collectors who are willing to put money down to live with my work. So I can't criticize the whole mechanism. But I can criticize it as an artist, in spite of the fact that I benefit from it. And there are problems with it.”
“Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.”

Source : David Ehrenfeld (2008). “Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology”, p.245, Oxford University Press
“Pope Francis said that atheists are still eligible to go to heaven. To return the favor, atheists said Popes are still eligible to go into a void of nothingness.”

"The institution of a leisure class has emerged gradually during the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism; or more precisely, during the transition from a peaceable to a consistently warlike habit of life."

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