Philip Slater quote: "I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it is our envy and admiration of the rich that supports their habit and keeps us hooked ourselves"

If we define pornography as any message from any communication medium that is intended to arouse sex...
PHILIP SLATER

Change can take place only when liberal and radical pressures are both strong. Intelligent liberals ...
PHILIP SLATER

A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing fo...
PHILIP SLATER

Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and th...
PHILIP SLATER

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. ...
KELLY SLATER

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed t...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

They're very supportive of what we do. They're making the point that we have helped many detainees.
ALLAN SLATER

Most of the kidnappings are of Iraqi citizens.
ALLAN SLATER

They're very supportive of what we do.
ALLAN SLATER

Well, it's a little bit of a mix of hope and distress. Hope because we still see three of our friend...
ALLAN SLATER

We want to make it clear to the kidnappers that these people were working for the good of the Iraqi ...
ALLAN SLATER

Seeing three of our four friends was very distressing. We are really asking the kidnappers to consid...
ALLAN SLATER

One of the best things we can do for ourselves and for our detained friends is to keep doing our wor...
ALLAN SLATER

When these people are released - and I believe they will be - they will be dumped onto the streets o...
ALLAN SLATER

If we left Iraq, we would be abandoning our friends.
ALLAN SLATER

The confirmed number by the American forces now is 14,600 Iraqis detained in American prisons alone ...
ALLAN SLATER

The guys from Atari that are making the next Alone in the Dark game came and we had a great meeting....
CHRISTIAN SLATER

My mother became a casting director, and she cast me in a soap opera called 'One Life to Live.&#...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Big waves are a whole different ball game. You're riding a wave with an immense amount of speed ...
KELLY SLATER

I am less selfish. But I am more insistent on being part of the creative experience. I find I am a b...
HELEN SLATER

I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running....
NIGEL SLATER

Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner ...
NIGEL SLATER

I'm certainly grateful that there were projects that I did that people responded to. It would be...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thi...
KELLY SLATER

Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natur...
KELLY SLATER

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, ...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Hey you little sneak, how much time do I have? You cheeky bastard
CHRISTIAN SLATER

We read some of (Fox's) writings and sang a hymn that he had changed some of the words to a little b...
ALAN SLATER

We asked (the parish pastor) if we could have a service for our friend there, and he agreed. He said...
ALAN SLATER

It certainly looks better than it has in past years.
ALAN SLATER

I had such a lack of respect for women that I just treated them as a hobby, trying to live up to the...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

It's always a leap of faith when you get involved with somebody.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swin...
TOM SLATER

In my 13 years at Winfield there would be occasions to subsidize the junior varsity team. This is a ...
CHUCK SLATER

I'm thrilled. I'm glad the prosecutors felt this case was worthy of dismissal. I'm really happy.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

It is only 10 minutes but it is high intensity and you work almost to the point of total fatigue.
BILLY SLATER

Mum and dad still live up there and everyone's OK, although (the cyclone) has affected people I know...
BILLY SLATER

They always give it to me a bit up here.
BILLY SLATER

I feel like an ambassador for surfing at this point. I'm happy to go and play that role and shar...
KELLY SLATER

When you start seeing an area that was all tundra, and now all of a sudden, you see more shrubs or y...
ANDREW SLATER

Thawing permafrost could send considerable amounts of water to the oceans.
ANDREW SLATER

For me, this new album represents his best collection of material in a long time. All of his records...
ANDREW SLATER

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

My belief is that 'heaven' and 'hell' are metaphorical terms for what you make of yo...
KELLY SLATER

When I was at Florida, I had told him I really liked him. And when he decided to leave Miami, he rem...
TOM SLATER

When I'm 50 I want to be a better surfer than I am now - for me it's a lifelong journey.
KELLY SLATER

Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was al...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

All too often we get mired in the short-term battles. The PC industry is good at increasing megahert...
MICHAEL SLATER

In private they're talking big time about England's reverse swing and this is a huge hurdle for them...
MICHAEL SLATER

I still think we're going to win the Ashes.
MICHAEL SLATER

Let's just say that there was a settlement but, like many other creditors, I've been left out of poc...
MICHAEL SLATER

Both players were going so well that I was intrigued by their decision to take the offer of bad ligh...
MICHAEL SLATER

The Internet opens up so many doors. It's a phenomenal tool for education but also a way for peo...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

I am a gypsy, in a way. It's a condition of my profession.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

The case is dismissed and we are very pleased with the outcome. It was everybody's decision that it ...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

The case is over,
CHRISTIAN SLATER

and Young Guns II.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

I've always been fond of Winona Ryder.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

I'm not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power ...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

You do not build a rail system and it is there forever. It has to be replaced or rehabilitated every...
CLIFF SLATER

From the starting kickoff we controlled the tempo of the game, playing hard for all four quarters. T...
DAVID SLATER

We met and talked about playing smarter. Some of the guys had struggled with what club to hit and ho...
DAVID SLATER

Sweet Bird of Youth.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.
KELLY SLATER

Well before she became famous — or infamous, depending on where you cast your vote — Loftus's fi...
LAUREN SLATER

It's funny because depending on the day or where we are, my favorite surfer is either Andy or Bruce.
KELLY SLATER

To receive a 10-point ride is a blessing in itself, but to have it honored by giving to those who co...
KELLY SLATER

Now is the time to determine whether or not it will be a two-horse race for the title,
KELLY SLATER

I haven't surfed that much in the past couple of weeks,
KELLY SLATER

I haven't surfed since Japan—not even one wave.
KELLY SLATER

If I were to win on the Gold Coast, I think it would probably force me to look at going for another ...
KELLY SLATER

It was a fun trip for her.
KELLY SLATER

What we're trying to do is create futuristic surf communities.
KELLY SLATER

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.
KELLY SLATER

It's all about where your mind's at,
KELLY SLATER

I was just living in the moment, ... That's something I've been trying to do this year. I wasn't wor...
KELLY SLATER

Good catch -- I mean, a good throw.
KELLY SLATER

This was the most emotional title of my career. I was the youngest champion, and now I'm the oldest.
KELLY SLATER

When I started surfing, I'd forget about everyone and everything and just go out and surf, ... I sur...
KELLY SLATER

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I suppos...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

He gave me a pat on the back and said not to worry. He said there were no hard feelings.
BILLY SLATER

His style is not to go too deeply into the homework, but to surround himself with key people who del...
WAYNE SLATER

[Kelly Slater dijo desde el saque que Mar Ohno es un tablista que no debería ser subestimado por na...
KELLY SLATER

so I won't miss my cartoons.
KELLY SLATER

It may have been one wave in one heat but by him winning he gained 178 points on me and if I'd won I...
KELLY SLATER

Andy gets ahead of the pack, it will be, but if he falls between Fanning and Munro then they could s...
KELLY SLATER

I call him 'Danger' and he ripped the other day,
KELLY SLATER

It's not really about the stations; it's about people's lifestyles. All the pretty pictures in the w...
CLIFF SLATER

Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

The thing is, everything you read about me is true. That's the scariest thing...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

That was a little uncomfortable
CHRISTIAN SLATER

True Romance.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

This is the process. It just shows that someone can accuse you of anything.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

It's a magical start. It kind of gives me a nice little cushion there. If I just surf loose and get ...
KELLY SLATER

When it comes to juveniles, we can arrest them, but with the system set up the way it is, the fines ...
KEN SLATER

The Easter shift really exposed the soft underbelly of those retailers that have been struggling.
TODD SLATER

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who woul...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

This won't be a habit for us. It's over. It's done. All that losing ended today.
DIETRIC SLATER

I don't think most of us are mentally ready (for the NIT). The mindset is 'it's over, let's just wor...
DIETRIC SLATER

We wanted to show him we can play a little defense, too.
DIETRIC SLATER

I didn't want to come out of the game.
DIETRIC SLATER

We were playing like an intramural team.
DIETRIC SLATER

We should've played like that from the jump.
DIETRIC SLATER

Coach was so mad, he didn't even fuss at us. We were ashamed at ourselves.
DIETRIC SLATER

That's what we're looking for.
DIETRIC SLATER

They were talking so much on the court, too, and we wanted to shut them up. They were like, 'You're ...
DIETRIC SLATER

All games are big, but you could tell this one was going to be a little bigger. They (Ole Miss) were...
DIETRIC SLATER

I've always been fond of Winona Ryder.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. R...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John ...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

I had such a good time working with John Woo and John Travolta, and it was so professional. I want t...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

In 2011, Mark Brooks, a consultant to online-dating companies, published the results of an industry ...
DAN SLATER

This information is very important to the public.
DEREK SLATER

This is what Hollywood tends to do. It tends to disregard tradition, history and anything factual, t...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Itanium won't be relevant for PCs until 2003 at the earliest, more likely 2005,
MICHAEL SLATER

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time ...
KELLY SLATER

It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in t...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

Drama can be an addiction. It's so, so sneaky. Jealousy - all of those things can really send yo...
CHRISTIAN SLATER

It's a perfect wave when small and the most beautiful and scary wave on Earth when it's big,...
KELLY SLATER

We can fund it out of toll revenues.
CLIFF SLATER

I've got to give credit to Berryville for keeping on even when they were down by 17 points.
GLORY SLATER

We needed more people to step up and score. I was displeased with the defense down the stretch, but ...
GLORY SLATER

We acted like social services, just giving the ball away.
GLORY SLATER

You still have to play to win. Losing can't be an option.
GLORY SLATER

We didn't quit and we hung in there. We didn't lie down and die.
GLORY SLATER

We did do some good things (late).
GLORY SLATER

We were playing not lose instead of playing to win. When you play not to lose, then your offense is ...
GLORY SLATER

I had tutors, but education was just not a priority.
CHRISTIAN SLATER

We were practically hugging each other in the water it was so good.
EVAN SLATER

That's the big one. It had huge repercussions and is considered one of the top five big-wave discove...
EVAN SLATER

He defined a whole genre of surf photography. He was a very competitive person, so he always wanted ...
EVAN SLATER

It is going to be unique to Fort Wayne. It will be in the center of town, and something that people ...
MARK SLATER

We were outraged, to put it mildly.
MARK SLATER

It's the next level of triple-play [data, voice and video], the ability to differentiate per custome...
MARK SLATER

The time has come for Australia to drop Matthew Hayden,
MICHAEL SLATER

I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely...
HELEN SLATER

Please don't follow in my footsteps. I'm already knee-deep in them, and am sinking rapidly...
TONY JAMES SLATER

TMT, too much testosterone. Way more dangerous than TNT.
ROBERT L. SLATER

And then came the three-toed sloth. Stupid sloth. It was a crazy-looking beastie, all arms and brist...
TONY JAMES SLATER

Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.
PHILIP TREACY

Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them.
PHILIP TREACY

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis&...
PHILIP GREEN

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.
PHILIP GREEN

You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds ...
PHILIP GREEN

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I...
PHILIP GREEN

You've got to love what you do to really make things happen.
PHILIP GREEN

They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is ex...
PHILIP GREEN

We're in a celebrity culture, and when I turn on the news today I hear about Lindsay Lohan, Tige...
PHILIP YANCEY

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
PHILIP SIDNEY

I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.
PHILIP GREEN

Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
PHILIP TREACY

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
PHILIP MASSINGER

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a v...
PHILIP ZIMBARDO

Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movi...
PHILIP ZIMBARDO

Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlarging experience into a species...
PHILIP ROTH

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
PHILIP WYLIE

All this, and Heaven too!
PHILIP HENRY

Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what ...
PHILIP ZIMBARDO

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is mos...
PHILIP SIDNEY

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in y...
PHILIP PULLMAN

The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.
PHILIP EMEAGWALI

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim ...
PHILIP CROSBY

The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the w...
PHILIP CALDWELL

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't ...
PHILIP LARKIN

Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
PHILIP MASSINGER

I got a good heart but my attitude gat people thinking I'm evil
GENEREUX PHILIP

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an arm...
PHILIP ROTH

A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy un...
PHILIP ROTH

Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the bru...
PHILIP LARKIN

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagina...
PHILIP PULLMAN

After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely p...
PHILIP STREIFER

I don't believe in it. All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes rea...
PHILIP PULLMAN

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly whe...
PHILIP ROTH

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruit...
PHILIP MASSINGER

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.
PHILIP PULLMAN

If God could run out of grace, He would’ve for me by now. And yet every morning I wake up, He says...
GENEREUX PHILIP

To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God ...
PHILIP YANCEY

There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willi...
PHILIP PULLMAN

We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and si...
PHILIP PULLMAN

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
PHILIP PULLMAN

Keep away from the kinship of the individuals who continually ask and examine the imperfections of o...
GENEREUX PHILIP

I can’t bear the thought of oblivion, Asriel,” she continued. “Sooner anything than that. I us...
PHILIP PULLMAN

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.
PHILIP KNIGHT

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
PHILIP MASSINGER

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
PHILIP WYLIE

I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so...
PHILIP ROTH

It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you con...
PHILIP ROTH

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the...
PHILIP GUEDALLA

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.
PHILIP JOHNSON

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, an...
PHILIP ROTH

Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survive...
PHILIP BUTLER

When in doubt, delete it.
PHILIP COSBY

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
PHILIP ROTH

For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devil'...
PHILIP LARKIN

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
PHILIP MASSINGER

We do pretty much whatever we want to.
PHILIP JOHNSON

I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it is our envy and admiration of the rich that supports their habit and keeps us hooked ourselves

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Philip Slater

I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it is our envy and admiration of the rich that supports their habit and keeps us hooked ourselves

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