"I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg."

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Source : The Guardian, January 2, 1993.

Margaret Drabble

#Garden Quotes #Banking Quotes #Alive Quotes

“In our modern world today, we may seem like drowning men because of the loss of much of our spiritual tradition.”

Source : Thomas Yellowtail, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (1994). “Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief: An Autobiography”, p.121, University of Oklahoma Press
“Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.”
“What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin's communism and Mussolini's fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure.”
“I think I feel automatically at home in Italy”
“To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe”
“Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said "CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT.”
“We are following Allah's word. We believe that humanity's only duty is to honor Allah and his prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. We are implementing what is written in the Koran. If we manage to do so, then of course it will be a success.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“What happens when you combine blogs, Google and millions of dissatisfied customers? An e-mob.”

Source : Bob Garfield (2009). “The Chaos Scenario”

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