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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Theirs not to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Theirs not to...

Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.


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Samuel Beckett: We are all...

Samuel Beckett: We are all...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Source: 'Waiting for Godot'
-- Samuel...

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Don't bother looking...

Don't bother looking...

Don't bother looking at the view -- I have already composed it.

Source: Comment to...

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Est?e Lauder: Look for a...

Est?e Lauder: Look for a...

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Source: Advice on choosing a spouse, in New...

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Milton Friedman: What kind of...

Milton Friedman: What kind of...

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement...

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Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work . ....

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Norman Angell: The capitalist can...

Norman Angell: The capitalist can...

The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war . . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic...

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John Kenneth Galbraith: Originality is something...

John Kenneth Galbraith: Originality is something...

Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own...

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Walter Bagehot: The greatest pleasure...

Walter Bagehot: The greatest pleasure...

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Source: In...

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Walter Bagehot: A schoolmaster should...

Walter Bagehot: A schoolmaster should...

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: To swallow and...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: To swallow and...

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Source: Human Work, 1904.
-- Charlotte...

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Joseph A Schumpeter: Entrepreneurial profit. ....

Joseph A Schumpeter: Entrepreneurial profit. ....

Entrepreneurial profit. . . is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to...

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E F Schumacher: The heart of...

E F Schumacher: The heart of...

The heart of the matter, as I see it, is the stark fact that world poverty is primarily a problem of two million...

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J P Morgan: A man always...

J P Morgan: A man always...

A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the real reason.

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Al Capone: I don't even...

Al Capone: I don't even...

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

Source: Attributed.
-- Al Capone,...

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George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Source:...

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J B Priestley: Already we Viewers,...

J B Priestley: Already we Viewers,...

Already we Viewers, when not viewing, have begun to whisper to one another that the more we elaborate our means of...

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Pierre de Beaumarchais: It is not...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: It is not...

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Source: In...

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George Farquhar: Tis a strange...

George Farquhar: Tis a strange...

'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon...

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