Conspicuous Consumption famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • [Moses] probably said to himself, 'Must stop or I shall be getting silly.' That is why there are only ten commandments.

  • God is a businessman. He is not going to do business with someone who shows no sign of potential return. He invests in people who demonstrate an ability to handle what He has given them.

  • Life without kids is like a camera without film.

  • It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

  • The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

  • When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.

  • The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by servitude and yet always willing to accept the slipping on of the harness. There are limits to every domain, and laws to govern every organized power. But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the non-existent horizon, and her empire is an intangible one, for her domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.

  • LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.

  • As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

  • Tell me I'm a fool. I would not know how to believe it.