Sign in with Facebook
“Hark to the sky of a seagull!
He cries because he's not an eagle.
Oh, what if you were you silly he-gull?
What would you say to your she-gull?”
―
He cries because he's not an eagle.
Oh, what if you were you silly he-gull?
What would you say to your she-gull?”
―
“I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.”
―
―
“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.”
― An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
― An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
“When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe”
―
―
“For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a herdsman, or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic.”
― The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
― The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
Book Forum Refugees
— 76 members
— last activity Nov 27, 2025 10:15PM
For eclectic readers and collectors not bound by genre or era. We cover a wide range of book-related topics (and a few not book-related), and welcome ...more
John ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,288 books
|
22 friends
4,256 books
|
681 friends
480 books
|
33 friends
2,238 books
|
245 friends
350 books
|
1,131 friends
1,032 books
|
73 friends
435 books
|
107 friends
2,033 books
|
236 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by John
Lists liked by John
