Irony Quote by Chrystia Freeland

The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite - plutocrats like…

— Chuck Schumer

Plutocrats were the chief beneficiaries of so-called neoliberalism and the suite of political changes it brought beginning in the late 1970s - deregulation, weaker…

— Chrystia Freeland

Plutocrats worldwide have readily understood the advantages of evading the burdens of the nation-state.

— Chrystia Freeland

This notion that borders wouldn't matter, that we would have commonality of interests around the world. Well, guess who got there first? The plutocrats.

— Chrystia Freeland

“They're both plutocracies, rule by the rich. If they had won, all they'd have thought about was making more money, the upper class. Abendsen,…

— Philip K. Dick

Now, it’s true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding slogans, which is inevitable given the open character of the…

— Paul Krugman

Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and…

— Cornel West

We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in the face…

— Cornel West

“Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]”

— Maria Grazia Swan

I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

“Because, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what…

— Melika Dannese Lux

When I seek another word for 'music', I never find any other word than 'Venice'

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As I read Mann in German for the first time, the full achievement - both literary and philosophical - of Death in Venice struck…

— Philip Kitcher

… an outlaw gulch, a haven for draft resisters, struggling artists, and drug addicts…a camp for semi-demented adults… Venice is like the legendary Phoenix…

— Sara Davidson

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.

— Henry James