quotes about Ergs

“...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”

Source : John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.11, Hackett Publishing

“Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.”

“White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ***** whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ***** whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.”

“I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.”

“In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.”

“Ive always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.”

“If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later.”

“I played volleyball for the greater part of my life, since I was 11 or 12 years.”

“He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.”

Source : "The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, or, A Commentary on Littleton". Book by Charles Butler, Edward Coke, Matthew Hale, and Thomas de Littleton, 1832.

“Youth is not wasted on the young, it is perpetrated on the young.”

Source : David Rakoff (2002). “Fraud: Essays”, p.30, Anchor