John Perkins Quotes
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
John Perkins
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I think one challenge is that having few women in your work environment makes you feel a little isolated and alone. I'm an extrovert; I like talking to people, and I make friends easily, but if your personality is somewhat different, I think you would struggle to connect with people.
Padmasree Warrior
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
Barbara Kruger
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
Dalai Lama
One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.
Sam Yagan
That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
Walker Stapleton
Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
G. Gordon Liddy
I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
Tammy Faye Bakker
Technology itself is neither good nor bad. People are good or bad.
Naveen Jain
When you tour with a band, you're just out there, and it's just you guys. That's your little universe. If you do a play, it's the same deal. That becomes your world, for the cast and crew.
Katey Sagal
By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that's just cluttered with spam, fake, digital friends, partisan media, ingenious identity thieves, world-class Ponzi schemers - a deception epidemic.
Pamela Meyer
All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!
Camille Paglia
Begin, ephebe, by perceiving the idea Of this invention, this invented world, The inconceivable idea of the sun.You must become an ignorant man again And see the sun again with an ignorant eye And see it clearly in the idea of it.Never suppose an inventing mind as source Of this idea nor for that mind compose A voluminous master folded in his fire.
Wallace Stevens
I have a problem with making eye contact with people, or with holding eye contact.
Jamie Hewlett
Gorillaz
I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I love nothing but money and the Presbyterian Church and that is why I never married.
Charles Portis
There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.
Richard Pryor
It's funny because everybody has injuries, and different teams handle them differently.
Jason Kidd
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
John Perkins
