Daniel De Leon Quotes

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.

Daniel De Leon

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• Live TV would terrify anybody.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Live
  • Would
  • Anybody

• I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Life
  • Time
  • Important

• My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Music
  • Family
  • Remember

• Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Extraordinary

• I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • People
  • Good
  • Myself

• So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • School
  • Education
  • Religious

• Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • You
  • Now
  • London

• When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Terrible
  • Accident

• Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Old
  • Fools
  • Behind

• I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Age

• I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Time
  • Fashion
  • Like

• Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • Music
  • Live
  • Sales

• Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

  

  Jack Adams
  • Pretty
  • Well
  • Everybody

• I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • College
  • Myself
  • Hair

• I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Friendship
  • I Have Learned

• A Constitution should be short and obscure.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Constitution
  • Short
  • Obscure

• When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Life
  • Fear
  • Couple

• For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Music
  • Me
  • Like

• The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Die
  • Waiting
  • Prosperity

• I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Like
  • Trust
  • Instinct

• Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • Rock
  • Star
  • Dying

• Art is elimination of the unnecessary.

  

  Waldo Miller Salt
  • Art
  • Crafts
  • Unnecessary

• I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • Important
  • Remember
  • Age

• Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.

  

  Daniel De Leon
  • Power
  • Man
  • Slavery