Primitive Accumulation Quotes

#1. America is the original version of modernity. We are the dubbed or subtitled version. America ducks the question of origins; it cultivates no origin or mythical authenticity; it has no past and no founding truth. Having known no primitive accumulation of time, it lives in a perpetual present.

Jean Baudrillard

#2. The right solution is a progressive annual tax on capital. This will make it possible to avoid an endless inegalitarian spiral while preserving competition and incentives for new instances of primitive accumulation.

Thomas Piketty

#3. As a matter of fact, the methods of primitive accumulation are anything but idyllic.

Karl Marx

#4. God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.

Evelyn Underhill

#5. It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.

Damien Hirst

#6. I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about the photographer feeing comfortable right when they walk in that makes the subject feel comfortable.

Ryan McGinley

#7. India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country.

Pratibha Patil

#8. Sorry has got to be the most over-used cliched get-out clause in the history of mankind. Tossed out flippantly without any real meaning or substance.

Siobhan Davis

#9. I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

Vance Joy

#10. The world you think of is in your own mind.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#11. Many people do not understand the difference between peace and a peace treaty. If you want to have real peace with normal relations between people, you need to have comprehensive peace.

Bashar Al-Assad

#12. We always talk about human salvation. But we must first decide whether we deserve salvation?

Mehmet Murat Ildan