International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
It is too narrow an understanding of production which confines it merely to the making of things. Production includes not merely the… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If some small storekeeper somewhere decides he's not going to pay the money, the Godfather doesn't let him get away with it.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness,… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
First I was a mimic. Practically from the moment I began talking, I did impersonations of the people in my neighborhood -… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In my paranoid world every storekeeper thinks I’m stealing, every man thinks I’m a prostitute or a lesbian, every woman thinks I’m… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer… — Kazuo Inamori Copy Share Image
