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Every soil does not produce every material.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
Gold and silver are constituted, by the nature of things, money, and universal money, independent of all convention, and of all laws.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
All men now allow that if any human power could have stemmed the avalanche of the French Revolution, it would have been the reforms of Turgot.
— Evelyn Beatrice Hall
The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.
— Steven Levitt
There was much about him that was fine and beautiful, but he could never find the confidence he needed.
— Haruki Murakami
All money is essentially merchandize.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
It is not error which opposes the progress of truth; it is indolence, obstinacy, the spirit of routine, every thing which favors inaction.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
Wherever we are, we can improve our chances of getting ahead by keeping a book in hand
— Michael Hyatt
All merchandize has the two essential properties of money, to measure and to represent all value: and in this sense all merchandize is money.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
I don't know what the 'big time' is.
— Tom Waits
Whether you're talking about bees, dogs, or women, pain can come upon you quickly from either one of em.
— Phil Robertson
Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
The whole mass of humanity ... marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
Respect is tendered with pleasure only where it is not exacted.
— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot