“The Real Hero Is Always a Hero by Mistake” – Umberto Eco
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake.”
Umberto Eco
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Neil Postman Quote: Television as the World Stage
“For the message of television as metaphor is not only that all the world is a stage but that the stage is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
Neil Postman
The Effects of Technology – Neil Postman
“The effects of technology are always unpredictable. But they are not always inevitable.”
Neil Postman
America Was Founded by Intellectuals – Neil Postman
“America was founded by intellectuals, a rare occurrence in the history of modern nations We might even say that America was founded by intellectuals, from which it has taken us two centuries and a communications revolution to recover.”
Neil Postman
Leadership and Responsibility – Quote by Guido Westerwelle
“On every ship that steams and sails, there’s someone who takes care of things – and that’s me.”
Guido Westerwelle
FDA, Political Favoritism and Market Control – G. Edward Griffin
“Secondly, as a result of this political favoritism, the FDA has become a primary factor in that formula whereby cartel-oriented companies in the food and drug industry are able to use the police powers of government to harass or destroy their free-market competitors.”
G. Edward Griffin
War Financing and Inflation – G. Edward Griffin
“In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created to convert government bonds into fiat money, and the people lost over half of their monetary assets to the hidden tax of inflation. In the South, printing presses accomplished the same effect, and the monetary loss was total.”
G. Edward Griffin
No Social Stability Without Individual Stability – Aldous Huxley
“No social stability without individual stability.”
Aldous Huxley
“After silence …” – Quote by Aldous Huxley
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley
Discovering Life’s Purpose – Quote by Aldous Huxley
“The goal in life is to discover that you’ve always been where you were supposed to be.”
Aldous Huxley