Blue Notebook Quotes Volume 6

And so it Begins...Anew, God help us!


No Society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
-Adam Simth, _Wealth of Nations_

 I don't see how Hobbes is going to make much sense of a pacifist.
-John Anderson, PHIL 161

 The mind is so rarely disturbed, but that the company of a friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness.
-Adam Smith, _The Theory of Moral Sentiments_

 The anatomy of civil society is to be sought in political economy.
-Karl Marx

 Why get stressed? The future is not that different from the past.
-Douglas Macbeth

 Nazi Germany was worse than the American West.
-John Anderson, PHIL 161 comparing the values of civil society against those of the state of nature

 Every election is based on "I want a raise! I'm not getting a raise!"
-Steven Rhoads, GGPT 480

 Clinton's second term will end before I have time for anything pleasurable.
-Martin Davis, 1997

 The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.
-J. Schumpeter

 The whole city of New York had taken its demeanor from this place, brusque, rapid, impersonal, tough in form, but not in substance.
-Tom Clancy on Wall Street, _Debt of Honor_

 They are not the same as us. They think differently. Their religion is different. They have the most violent culture in the world, yet they worship justice. They venerate making money, but their roots are found in ideals.
-Koga (Tom Clancy) on the US, _Debt of Honor_

 Peace, love, honor, Pep Band.
-Kimberly Miller

 Capitalize on chaos.
-Hewlett Packard advertising slogan.

 When in doubt, make a fool out of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on Earth. So what the hell, leap.
-Cynthia Heimel

 We are the only company that controls its destiny, and all the others depend on us.
-John Chambers, CEO Cisco Systems

 I've seen ducks fucked to death.
-Beth Padden

 Freedom is a tenable objective only for responsible individuals.
-Milton Freidman, _The Power of the Market_

 Every difference in opinion is not a difference in priciple.
-Thomas "Mr." Jefferson

 But if you believe that a comfortable life is not necessarily the same thing as a good life, or even a meaningful life, then it will occur to you that efficiency is a means, not and end in itself.
-Irving Kristol

 Under capitalism, the ventures of reason are launched into a world ruled by morality and Providence.
-George Gilder

 Programming offers peoiple who shy away from social interaction a way to contribute in a working society. This is one of the few jobs that require almost no social interaction, and that is really attractive to a person with autism.
-Steve Ulfelder, _Computerworld_

 Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
-Jesus

 Information is a difference that makes a difference.
-Gregory Bateson

 What we have is an attempted governance by the completely clueless, in a place they've never been, using tools that they don't possess.
-John Perry Barlow

 Defensive driving saves lives, but lets idiots PROCREATE!
-EDJM

 "Do you have a problem?"
"Yes, I can't STAND you."
-Knoll and random neigbor

 You can't be tied to the beer, because I will be tied to the beer.
-Ivan Kotcher

 The most profound revolutionary is the enlightened conservative.
-Madame de Tesse (Max Byrd), _Jefferson_

 I'm predicting a balanced budget by next year, but only if there's no budget deal. One more year of gridlock and we're home.
-Kurt Karl, economist. 7/97

 A nit on a gnat's ass.
-Jeff Studds, on the Internet market relative to the telecommunications market.

 The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
-Groucho Marx

French idiosyncracies won't hinder the growth of the Internet in France, they will simply be made a part of it.
-Dimension Enterprises consulting report

 "Make my day, punk" never had the delectable dismissive ring of, "Welcome to my kill file, bitch."
-Mr. Fuchs, (of Fuchs Quotes fame!) Suck

 For a really complete, consuming, unreserved effort at slaughter and destruction, there is nothing to match a civil war.
-Ramsay MacMullen, _Constantine_

 7/16/97


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