#ring

There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#brings #economic #economic system #encourages #growth

One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#certain #certainly #east #enduring #history

People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#creed #free #free market #market #measurement

You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#beat #begins #beirut #big #big city

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#boulevard #dark #down #drove #famous

It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#book #buried #chapter #christ #every

Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz. ↗

— Tom Peters

#become #boundaries #brand #brands #buzz

During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years - 3 million. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#died #during #first #million #next

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ↗

— Doug Larson

#being #brings #imperfect #joy #nice

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#happiness #how #i #learned #little