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“A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.”
Source : Franco Modigliani (2001). “Adventures of an Economist”, W. W. Norton
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“I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Then she waited, with parted lips and a saucy challenge in her eyes, to see how her presence -- the drama of being her -- was registering. In the way of such chicks, she seemed convinced of the originality of her provocation.”
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“I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.”
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“Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.”
Source : Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.312, Penguin
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“You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”
Source : Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
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“The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes, together with a little money in savings. The best welfare program is our own welfare program. Five or six cans of wheat in the home are better than a bushel in the welfare granary. ... We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs.”
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“Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.”