He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.


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A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they'r...
W. DANIEL HILLIS
Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
W. D. RICHTER
Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
W. D. RICHTER
I think, of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never kn...
W. BRUCE CAMERON
With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'...
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3D printers give us what we've all been craving: another reason to talk to technical support. Wh...
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When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what&#...
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Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to thei...
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I am a newspaper columnist and a professional screenwriter, but my real love is the novel for all th...
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the lea...
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Communicating with teenage girls is easy unless you're an adult, and then it's like having s...
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Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and sme...
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic ligh...
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Your neighbors will be envious of your 3D printer - and if they're not, just print new neighbors...
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An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse, the ...
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About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby...
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My younger sister looks to me to provide her with advice on how to do her job better - though she...
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God invented love, and it is therefore perfect, and dogs are better at celebrating this perfection t...
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My philosophy on snow skiing is that there are less expensive ways to fall down a mountain. Yet ever...
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With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on 'Oprah,' 'Fox News,' 'The ...
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When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.
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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just ca...
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Throughout the day, my phone will variously chirp, burp and growl - it's like living with a velo...
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger ...
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The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour per...
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As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the part...
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In my opinion, it has never been proven that food even has calories. When I bite into a hamburger, I...
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had i...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great ...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalt...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, B...
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Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, ...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I&...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with h...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a break...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership....
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN