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[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.] JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers wi... J. B. COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers ... J. B. COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of fe... JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least his... JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its ... JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT The fact is, people who can't kill, will always be subject to those who can. SGT. BRAD 'ICEMAN' COLBERT The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America. STEPHEN B. STEPHEN LEACOCK Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imaginat... STEPHEN COVEY Demons manifest themselves in people in different ways. For instance, out of nowhere, somebody can b... STEPHEN BALDWIN I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my... STEPHEN HAWKING Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, ... STEPHEN COVEY Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good r... STEPHEN CHOW I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whethe... STEPHEN KING Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we... STEPHEN COVEY A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statemen... STEPHEN COVEY Listen with your eyes for feelings. STEPHEN COVEY We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inward... STEPHEN HAWKING Fiction is the truth inside the lie. STEPHEN KING And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invadin... STEPHEN KING Each life makes its own immitation of immortality. STEPHEN KING I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find th... STEPHEN KING You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long a... STEPHEN KING When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.' STEPHEN KING The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your fe... STEPHEN KING Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in. STEPHEN KING We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. STEPHEN KING People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small ... STEPHEN KING Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way. STEPHEN COVEY Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. STEPHEN COVEY Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. STEPHEN COVEY Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. STEPHEN COVEY Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along ... STEPHEN HAWKING Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. STEPHEN COVEY The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain... STEPHEN HUNTER Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests. STEPHEN KINZER