"Everyone sort of lives with their rulers in the past and doesnâ€™t look at coming changes."

-- Stanley Druckenmiller

#Past Quotes #Looks Quotes #Rulers Quotes

“We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it, and no matter how we fouled it, there was always more over the next hill, or so it seemed.”

Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “The Last Landscape”, p.1, University of Pennsylvania Press
“I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.”
“Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent work as professional, and using the term amateur to convey the idea of immature productions and to excuse atrociously poor photographs.”
“Optimism is cowardice.”

Source : Oswald Spengler (2016). “Routledge Revivals: Man and Technics (1932): A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life”, p.56, Routledge
“Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart s desire has been right under your nose all the while.”
“Our political class no longer has any convictions. You can only pass along the beliefs that you hold. They no longer believe in France - they have a post-national worldview. I call them France-skeptics. That's why democracy is collapsing here in France.”
“The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable.”
“It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Douglas from Apr 25, 2013

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