Het laatste deel van mijn favoriete quotes uit de Engelse literatuur.
Vanzelfsprekend verslond ik ondertussen nog meer boeken. Dus misschien brei ik er nog eens een vervolg aan… maar voor nu, veel leesplezier en vul gerust aan!
Uit: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks)
America is a very all-or-nothing society. We like the big win, the touchdown, the knockout in the first round. We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t only uncontested, it was positively devastating.
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The book of war, the one we’ve been writing since one ape slapped another,
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Confidence, it’s the fuel that drives the capitalist machine. Our economy can only run if people believe in it; like FDR said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
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Uit: Atlas Shrugged: (Centennial Edition) (Ayn Rand)
Through the dry phrases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the hard, exhilarating pleasure of action.
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It was the greatest sensation of existence: not to trust, but to know.
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No principle ever filled anybody’s milk bottle.
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Miss Taggart, I can proudly say that in all of my life I have never made a profit!” Her voice was quiet, steady and solemn: “Mr. Lawson, I think I should let you know that of all the statements a man can make, that is the one I consider most despicable.”
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When an economist referred to him once as an audacious gambler, Mulligan said, “The reason why you’ll never get rich is because you think that what I do is gambling.”
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And when men live by trade—with reason, not force, as their final arbiter—it is the best product that wins
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“But money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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“I work for nothing but my own profit. I earn it.”
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“Wesley’s an impartial man,” said Mr. Weatherby. “A man devoted to public duty. It’s the interests of the country as a whole that he’s got to consider above everything else.” Taggart sat up; of all the danger signs he knew, this line of talk was the worst.
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“The road is cleared,” said Galt. “We are going back to the world.” He raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar.
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Uit: Money: The Unauthorised Biography (Felix Martin)
‘There are some things that money can’t buy – but these days, not many.’
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In the poet Ovid’s satirical textbook for young lovers, The Art of Love , he warns the prospective Lothario that girlfriends need presents – and it is no good making the excuse that you have no cash on hand, because you can always write a cheque.
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Uit: President Barack Obama: The Kindle Singles Interview (Kindle Single) (David Blum)
Even Ronald Reagan understood that government has an important role to play in providing opportunity. Not equality of results, but making sure the playing field was level for everybody.
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Tot slot wil ik jullie zeker mijn persoonlijke favoriet niet onthouden:
“When an economist referred to him once as an audacious gambler, Mulligan said, “The reason why you’ll never get rich is because you think that what I do is gambling.”
(Fragment genomen uit “Atlas Shrugged” van Ayn Rand).