Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category

“The main mistake made by pro-tourist planners is that they see tourism only in traditional economic terms as a new kind of industry (it is called the tourist industry) and they try to build tourist factories, called ‘resorts’ and ‘amusement parks’, through which people are run assembly-line fashion and stripped of their money. Some Caribbean resorts come close to imprisoning their visitors by making a trip to town almost impossible to arrange or even more prohibitively expensive than the inflated charges for services within the resort compound. This kind of tourism is exploitation on both sides: the tourist gets little for his money and the local people do not see the money that is generated.” –Dean MacCannell

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard

“It ‘s always the man who has tasted life who wants more of it.” -Arnold Bennett

“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” – Colin Wilson

“There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive. To return the sense of dignity and honor to manhood, we have to stop pretending that we can make a living at something that is trivial or destructive and still have sense of legitimate self-worth. A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.”– Sam Keen

“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” – Sam Walton