Adam Quotes

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

There is no future for a people who deny their past.

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.

With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.

At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.

Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.

Love overcomes hate. Love has no color. Love has no orientation. All is love.

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.

Brunettes are full of electricity.

He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention

To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.

Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.

Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.

Be who you want to be - be free in your own skin, be liberated and feel beautiful, and do what you want to do without judgement

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.

The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Dark energy is incredibly strange, but actually it makes sense to me that it went unnoticed, because dark energy has no effect on daily life, or even inside our solar system.