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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to… — James Buchan
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or… — James Buchan
My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision… — James Buchan
Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe… — James Buchan
At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own… — James Buchan
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash… — James Buchan
One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid… — James Buchan
The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds… — James Buchan
Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed the usual pattern. A long-lived… — James Buchan
We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next.… — Pearl S. Buck
Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God… — James L. Buckley
Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong, but tonight you're on my mind, so you never know. — Jeff Buckley
Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang… — Jeff Buckley
I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of… — Jeff Buckley
Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't… — Dan Buettner
Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies. — Jimmy Buffett
I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. — Jimmy Buffett
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway. — Warren Buffett
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. — Warren Buffett
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. — Warren Buffett
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. — Warren Buffett
I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that… — Warren Buffett
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings… — Sitting Bull
Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they… — Sitting Bull
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. — Madeleine Albright

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