"Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency."

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Source : 1979 Washington Bedtime Stories.

Herbert Stein

#Agency Quotes #Government Quotes #Decision Quotes

“The caretaker needs to be taken care of, in wages and benefits. Not enough emphasis is put on the importance of these caretakers.”
“In the lead-up to the launch of my new book I Was Here, Iâ€™ve seen a lot of discussion about depression and suicide and mental health and YA dealing with such intense matters. What I havenâ€™t seen discussed is kittens.”
“For a healthy alternative to buffalo wings, slide the bone of a human finger into a block of tofu and bake.”
“Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such.”
“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.”
“If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street.”
“I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate.”
“I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.”

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