Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON HAYEKI’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
DUKE ELLINGTON -
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU -
The visible universe is subject to quantification, and is so by necessity. …
ADELARD OF BATH -
The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
WILL ROGERS -
Men have presented their plans and philosophies for the remedying of earth’s ills, but Jesus stands alone in presenting not a system, but His own personality as capable of supplying the needs of the soul.
A. C. DIXON -
We are trying to urge North Korea to abandon their nuclear development program.
SHINZO ABE -
We only have one agenda, which is to make ’em laugh their pants off.
ADE EDMONDSON -
It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.
CHARLIE MUNGER -
I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic occasion.
BARBARA PYM -
I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion.
EMILE ZOLA -
In one era the majority puts its faith and sympathy with the bullfighter, in another with the bull.
BETTE FORD -
I think everything about my life is magical. I’ve struggled, and against most odds, I’m truly having the experience of living my dreams.
BELLA THORNE -
I think anybody who’s famous has to deal with their fame in their own way.
ADRIAN GRENIER -
For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
AI WEIWEI -
If I could tell him anything it would be that he was his strongest bravest & most powerful in his most vulnerable of moments -the healed will not hurt you.
CHARLIE GILBERT






