Parasitic Quotes

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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. — William S. Burroughs
Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic beauty,… — Luis Walter Alvarez
Nowhere is it more true that "prevention is better than cure," than in the case of Parasitic Diseases. — Rudolf Leuckart
Who then would not like to see these benefits flow upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?... But is it possible?...… — Frederic Bastiat
We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow… — Jean Baudrillard
High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.Historically the financial system has been structured in favour of moneyed interests, that is, creditors. — Linda McQuaig
I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite. — Malcolm Gladwell
Another strange notion pervading whole peoples is that the State has money of its own; and nowhere is this absurdity more firmly fixed than in… — Albert J. Nock
The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a… — Roger Scruton
[R]eligious concepts are parasitic upon moral intuitions. — Pascal Boyer
National Socialism is simply this - a proposal that the German people rid themselves of the parasitic Jews. The gentile host dared to protest against… — Eustace Mullins
I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live… — Bruce Sterling
The very first as a cardinal rule for a person to build trust is to do must only that what is humanly just as that… — Anuj
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own… — Albert J. Nock
You cannot immunize sick, malnourished children and expect them to get away with it. You'll kill far more children than would have died from natural… — Archie Kalokerinos
To prove that tuberculosis is caused by the invasion of bacilli, and that it is a parasitic disease primarily caused by the growth and multiplication… — Robert Koch
It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have… — Bob Corker
Fox opposes a Syria peace plan because its modus operandi is to foment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack… — Jon Stewart
The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them. — Christopher Bollen
We see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing,… — Carroll Quigley

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