Famous quotes containing the words european, source and/or book:
“Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if its put to work.... Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with Americas traditional optimism.”
—Paula Nelson (b. 1945)
“Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)
“This book was written in good faith, reader. It warns you from the outset that in it I have set myself no goal but a domestic and private one.... I am myself the matter of my book.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)