Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.
We all need a bit of self-delusion. It gets us over the difficult spots.
Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.
The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. . . . Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that level of shared disinterest known as the public good.
Born in elevators and supermarkets, Muzak has spread to restaurants, hotels, airplanes, telephone hold services, and waiting rooms. The public-relations experts believe that human beings fear silence - that is, the absence of constantly imposed direction. It is further believed that if we can be relieved of our fears, we will gain enough self-confidence to buy, eat, vote, fly, or simply go on living.
A foreigner is an individual who is considered either comic or sinister. When the victim of a disaster - preferably natural but sometimes political -the foreigner may also be pitied from a distance for a short period of time.
Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human nature.
It's a terrible thing that we cannot really trust the FDA or NCI (National Cancer Institute). We need, therefore, an independent scientific investigation.
I fell in love underneath a tree.
Freedom gives you the air of the high mountains.
To secure the greatest amount of pleasure with the least possible outlay should be the aim of all economic effort.