"The market, if it can be kept honest and competitive, does provide very strong incentives for work effort and productive contributions. In their absence, society would thrash about for alternative incentives-some unreliable, like altruism; some perilous like collective loyalty; some intolerable, like coercion or oppression."

-- Arthur Melvin Okun

#Loyalty Quotes #Strong Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination.”
“Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life.”
“I have a thing - I call it magic - but I feel like I can write stuff down in the middle of the night and wake up and it happens. I write what I want in my journal.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.”

Source : "The Eyes Have It". Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague, web.archive.org. February 2006.
“I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell of burnt flesh. It immediately reminded me of a barbecue.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.”
“Wise to resolve, patient to perform.”
“I was born in Glasgow. But my family is pretty much from a little town called Paisley, famous for its cotton mills and paisley pattern.”

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