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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