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“The very nature of economics is rooted in nationalism. ... It [was] developed ... in the hope of throwing light upon questions of policy. But policy means nothing unless there is an authority to carry it out, and authorities are national.”
Source : Joan Robinson (1962). “Economic philosophy”, p.124, Transaction Publishers
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“Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.”
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“In New York, the impact of these concentrated superskyscrapers on street scale and sunlight, on the city's aniquated support systems, circulation, and infrastructure, on its already tenuous livability, overrides any aesthetic. ... Art becomes worthless in a city brutalized by overdevelopment.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1984). “The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style”, Pantheon
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“The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.”
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“Faith is obedience, nothing else.”
Source : Emil Brunner, Olive Wyon (1934). “The Mediator: A Study of the Central Doctrine of the Christian Faith”, p.592, James Clarke & Co.
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“I was very fond of strange stories when I was a child.”
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“I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.”
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“Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.”
