"If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have."

-- K. Eric Drexler

#Self Quotes #Effort Quotes #World Quotes

“It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring.”
“We live in a time like dreaming.... The edges of our lives flutter and change as we watch them. Listen to the dream.”
“Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And other times, it's that first date, that first moment. That's what makes it so great.”
“Nothing. It just finds you a lot more attractive than it does most Humans. What can you do with a beautiful woman that you canâ€™t do with an ugly one? Nothing. Itâ€™s just a matter of preference.”
“You want to be around guys that you share the same goal with and guys who are thirsty and ready to hunt and get victories.”
“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”
“Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.”
“The ascent of money has been essential to the ascent of man.”

Source : Niall Ferguson (2008). “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World”, p.9, Penguin

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