"Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Political Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Materials Quotes

“Everyone should own a piece of the wealth-producing capital of this country, but not everyone can be a manager. Or should be.”
“Do you call it doubting to write down on a piece of paper that you doubt? If so, doubt has nothing to do with any serious business. But do not make believe; if pedantry has not eaten all the reality out of you, recognize, as you must, that there is much that you do not doubt, in the least. Now that which you do not at all doubt, you must and do regard as infallible, absolute truth.”
“Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!”
“If they have to put the word 'natural' on a box to convince you, it probably isn't.”
“Photography has saved my life, over and over again.”
“In China, I witnessed forced abortions and forced sterilizations performed on women who were told that the children they were carrying were 'illegal'. I went with them when they were arrested and remained with them as they were subjected to mind-bending psychological torture. And I accompanied them as they went in tears to the local clinic to have their pregnancies aborted.”
“Example is better than precept.”
“Caffeine gives me hope. Sometimes, when I brew my wicked strong Irish black tea just perfect, about halfway through the mug I feel a clear and overwhelming feeling of optimism. It didn't surprise me when a study a few years ago implied that suicide was much less likely among coffee and tea drinkers.”

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