10 quotes found
“And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich.""Money and talent aren't the same thing.""Thats because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And e...”
“Free people were not ruled. Freedom had first to be valued before its existence could be demanded.”
“At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have my own differences with both of these s...”
“As belief in one's capabilities self-evidently leads to increasing capabilities, magicians consider it worthwhile to believe in their ability to accomplish the impossible, even if they only succeed...”
“This was life as it should be livedproud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man.”
“And it's only symbolism puts magic and meaning into anything. You of all people should know that. We can make love amongst the gods, or we can screw on a dirty mattress. It's our choice.”
“As the social matrix becomes increasingly subject to rapid fluctuations, throwing out anchors into a collectivised past becomes more prominent than movement into a future. The desire to establish a...”
“Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.”
“This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man.”
