"Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away."

-- Ted Rall

#Writing Quotes #Use Quotes #Ruins Quotes

“What is this thing that has us chewing at our own selves, grating ourselves against our own sharp sieve? It is the act of stepping back. It is the act of separating, and judging. It takes only one because the one becomes two.”

Source : Bonnie Friedman (2014). “Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life”, p.2, Harper Collins
“If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.”
“The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.”

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.48, e-artnow
“I don't pay attention to the ratings.”
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”
“I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip.”
“It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.”

Source : Philip Moeller (1918). “Five Somewhat Historical Plays”
“It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?”

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