"The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires chasing a finite number of goods, services and resources. The first rule of politics is to ignore the first rule of economics."

-- Thomas Sowell

#Numbers Quotes #Desire Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“It is science that brings us an understanding of the true complexity of natural systems. The insights from the science of ecology are teaching us how to work with the checks and balances of nature, and encouraging a new, rational, limited-input, environmentally sound means of vineyard management that offers a third way between the ideologically driven approach of Biodynamics and conventional chemical-based agricultural systems.”

Source : Jamie Goode (2005). “The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass”, p.60, Univ of California Press
“I've never really not played the piano. I've played it since I was six or seven and it's something I've always done - I don't think I could ever really play anything else, I would be a bit out of it without a piano.”
“We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.”

Source : "Queen Rania on Education, Peace in the Middle East and Twitter" by Margaret Aro, Kate Mccarthy, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2009.
“Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have many skills. I can read and write and play the flute and harp. Why should I change to please some man? If he doesnâ€™t like me the way I am, then he can get some other girl for his wife.”
“Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.”
“I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.”
“From the earliest age on, even as we toy with it, we instinctively know there is something mighty about the truth, that it is an immobile, looming star. We grow to crave it ...”
“I have this idea that you can use glamour and still have it represent something that matters.”

Source : "Guru of celebrity kitsch turns to politics" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2010.

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