"Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science."

-- Bernard Crick

#Demand Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.”
“Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the critics that the guitar was old hat; I was reminded of the way my father & his clarinets were written off in the late Fifties.”
“Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.”
“When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.”

Source : Irving Layton (1969). “The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes”
“He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her.”
“Nothing is sadder than love left unheard.”
“The fellow who can pay only twenty-five cents to see a ball game always will be just as welcome at Comiskey Park as the box seat holder.”
“You've got this amazing creature- yourself- that can breathe, dance, and cry. And you have a certain amount of moments (maybe a few million moments-but moments they are) and you have this chance to do absolutely anything- to reach out to another vulnerable & true. To dance on the roof of euphoria and pray beside the ocean to let go. We have the chance every moment to Be Alive and give to this world who needs each one of us so badly.”

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