James B. Stewart Quotes

Various justifications for lower capital-gains rates have been proffered over the years, none of them self-evident. But even conceding the wisdom of lower capital-gains rates, why should they never be taxed at all, even as they are passed from generation to generation?

James B. Stewart

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WisdomGenerationWhyNeverOver

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'

John Cage

MusicCultureBetterEntertainment

Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that operated in absolute isolation for so long that they developed a completely unique world view.

Steve Albini

MeWorldIsolationViewSuicide

I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

TodayPainTreatThinkDownWay

Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.

Mary Antin

GrowthSpiritualBirthSufferPains

Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.

Mo Ibrahim

SpeechGoingPaidHeHowSpend

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.

Mo Yan

I AmProudLiteratureImportant

The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.

Mink Stole

SchoolFirstOutBuyThingsEars

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.

Lou Gramm

MeIdeasMy OwnOwnWellHad

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Jay Inslee

GoalsCarEfficiencyBackImprove

I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.

Jay Ellis

LifeCuriousStoryEveryoneWhere

As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I've learned that failure will always come. I've learned to give it a big squeeze, smile at it, humble myself to it and then use it as a springboard to send me on my way to strength, success, and fulfillment.

Christina Tosi

SmileStrengthSuccessFailureBoss

All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends.

Claire Tomalin

PeopleMeFriendsClosest Friends

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