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Print neatly. That's the kind of advice that the IRS considers a "dynamite" tax tip. If you ask them a real tax question, such as… — Dave Barry
The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers to an industry… — Fritz Machlup
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A class… — Jacques Ellul
According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer… — Jacques Ellul
There's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a… — Paul Reiser
Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly… — William Blake
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow. — Samuel Johnson
It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists. — Jane Goodall
We celebrate the cherry tree not for its efficiency but for its effectiveness - and for its beauty. Its materials are in constant flow, and… — William McDonough
A horse is freedom so indominable that it becomes useless to imprison it to serve man: it lets itself be domesticated, but with a simple,… — Clarice Lispector
A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive. — Thomas Jefferson
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. — Virginia Woolf
If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals don't speak, it's because everything's perfect for them. If one day… — Jean Baudrillard
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man,… — Desiderius Erasmus
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it… — Samuel Johnson
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
Finance that only talks to itself & deals with each other becomes socially useless — Mark Carney
My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took… — Margot Asquith
The relative importance of the white and gray matter is often misunderstood. Were it not for the manifold connection of the nerve cells in the… — Edward Anthony Spitzka

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