The Scariest Moment – Quote by Stephen King
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
Stephen King
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One overestimates the intellect of a person by Jean Paul
“One overestimates the intellect of a person whose idiom one only partially understands.”
Jean Paul
Goethe Quote on Multilingualism and Home
“The German should learn all languages so that no stranger is uncomfortable for him at home, but he is at home everywhere abroad.”
Goethe
Double Standards – Quote by Noam Chomsky
“Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.”
Noam Chomsky
Language, Culture and Community – Quote by Noam Chomsky
“A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It’s all embodied in a language.”
Noam Chomsky
Minimum Wages, Inflation and Unemployment – Milton Friedman
“Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That’s not a statement, it’s a definition.”
Milton Friedman
Lafayette on Liberty, Equality and Justice
“The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.”
Lafayette
Anarchy and Self-Government – Quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.”
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Quote by Leo Tolstoy on the Impact of Neutrality in Stories
“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.”
Leo Tolstoi
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch” – Milton Friedman
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Milton Friedman