#which

Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#deal #else #everyone #hands #i

What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#again #always #been #concert #exactly

And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. ↗

— David Korten

#basic principles #comes #conclusion #contrary #control

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living. ↗

— David Korten

#decent #economy #everybody #extent #living

Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people. ↗

— David Korten

#communities #connection #covered #currencies #economy

The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price. ↗

— David Korten

#buyers #comprised #costs #degree #economy

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed. ↗

— David Korten

#fabric #need #removed #sees #social

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. ↗

— Alfred Korzybski

#characteristics #correct #important #map #maps

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#art #certain #fiction #had #indicate

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#cocktail #everyone #hand #means #possible