"The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless."

-- Lydia Lunch

#Powerful Quotes #Greed Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one's self simply, like a boy.”
“Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed atheist, you lean back and miss all the richness of that history.”

Source : "We Cannot Retreat To Atheism". Interview with Alexander Görlach, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. September 3, 2012.
“Its impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.”
“The change began with John Stuart Mill and the Utopians . When Mill pointed out that economics had no ultimate solution to the problem of distribution , that society might do with the fruits of its toil as it saw fit, he introduced into the mechanical calculus of the market a conflicting calculus of moral judgment.”

Source : "The Worldly Philosophers". Book by Robert Heilbroner, Chapter XI, Beyond the Economic Revolution, p. 307, 1953.
“I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!”
“The real trick to producing great work isn't to find ways to eliminate the edgy, nervous feeling that you might be swimming out of your depth. Instead, it's to remember that everyone else is feeling it, too. We're all in deep water. Which is fine: it's by far the most exciting place to be.”
“I dont wish it were easier. I just wish I was better”
“Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that itâ€™s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. Without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.”

Source : Yvon Chouinard (2006). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman”, p.159, Penguin

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