Paul Samuelson (Paul Anthony Samuelson) Quotes

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.

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• I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Up
  • Age
  • Kind

• I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • People
  • Live
  • Trying

• The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep in safety.

  

  Samuel de Champlain
  • May
  • Sleep
  • Advice

• You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

  

  Angela Davis
  • People
  • Stop
  • Leadership

• We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Life
  • Hate
  • Humanity

• My bitterness is not an abstract substance, it is as solid as a Christmas cake; I can cut it in slices and hand it round and there is still plenty left, for tomorrow.

  

  Caitlin Thomas
  • Hand
  • Hands
  • Cutting

• Yoga has had a profound effect on my songs and performances. I don't meditate in the traditional style of sitting and doing nothing. I prefer the zen of paying attention, such as the meditation of yoga flow, or walking meditations. I also consider singing, surfing and gardening to very meditative.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Song
  • Attention
  • Style

• Life would be dull without them.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Dull

• The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.

  

  Aziz Ansari
  • School
  • High
  • Rock

• Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Death
  • Path

• The Clinton administration has coddled dictators as few have coddled before.

  

  Chris Smith
  • Administration
  • Clinton
  • Dictators

• I don't think there are huge divergences between my personality and what they see on TV. And I think that's why I have been gainfully employed doing this. I'll always deliver what an employer wants.

  

  Keith Olbermann
  • Why
  • Personality
  • TV

• And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

  

  Dorothy Dunnett
  • Great
  • Fighting
  • Religious

• Egypt now is a real civil state. It is not theocratic, it is not military. It is democratic, free, constitutional, lawful and modern.

  

  Mohammed Morsi
  • Military
  • Modern
  • Democratic

• There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Future

• I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking.

  

  Eugene Mirman
  • Father
  • Drinking
  • Kid

• Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.

  

  Paul Samuelson
  • Companies
  • Workers
  • Profits