William Petty Quotes

Money is the best rule of commerce.

William Petty

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 26, 1623 - December 16, 1687

Topics

BestMoneyFinanceRuleCommerce

Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it attacks. Nonetheless, it possesses the demonstrated capability to strike with little notice and cause significant civilian or military casualties.

John O. Brennan

StrikeMilitaryFollowBordersCarry

They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.

Robert Green Ingersoll

PowerMistakesLibertyEnemiesGain

I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.

Stephen Hawking

LightWavesThinkCivilizationRadio

If you don't make weight, you're breaching a contract, straight up.

Robert Whittaker

YouUpContractWeightStraight

The Constitution is constant. There's not one elected official who has the power to change it. There is a way to amend the Constitution, and the Constitution spells out the procedures that must be taken to change it. Presidents cannot. Now, I know this is gonna shock many of you in the low-information community.

Rush Limbaugh

ChangeCommunityPowerConstitution

Most time capsules, when they're unearthed, are really awful. There's nothing good in them.

Douglas Coupland

GoodTimeNothingAwfulMostReally

Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something.

Chris Lilley

HumorPoliticsAnythingSomething

I'm a sucker for packaging!

Chloe Sevigny

PackagingSucker

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.

Christopher Heyerdahl

TravelThinkBetterBurdenPublicity

What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done?

Arthur Golden

SleepHairYouKnowDoneEat

My food hero has to be Auguste Escoffier. And the villain? The man who's been most responsible for the death of food in my time is Ronald McDonald. He's always scared me, I think he's evil - he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Him and the Hamburglar.

Arthur Potts Dawson

TimeFoodHeroDeathManVillain

There are indeed people with ulterior motives who don't wish Chinese swimming well; they even don't wish Asian swimming well. We cannot let these people's plans succeed.

Sun Yang

PeopleSwimmingSucceedWishPlans

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