Quotes About Exchange

I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City.

He and Evie soon fell into a conversation of the "No, I didn't; yes, you did" type—conversation which, although fascinating to those who are engaged in it, neither desires nor deserves the attention of others.

Philip said slowly, "What about a thousand lire?

Prosperity is founded upon a law of mutual exchange. Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper, in turn, himself. Sometimes the return will not come from those you serve, but it must come to you from someplace, for that is the law.

and Tell" and argue that not only do we value telling more than

The answer runs counter to some important aspects of U.S. culture— we must become better at asking and do less telling in a culture that overvalues telling. It has always bothered me how even ordinary conversations tend to be defined by what we tell rather than by what we ask.

Ah, good conversation — there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange of ideas.

Give back my book and take my kiss instead.

La idea de ganarse la confianza ajena sin dar a cambio la suya le parecía el colmo de la sabiduría.

I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids on a satellite planet from the world of Betelgeuse.

Buying and selling is essentially antisocial.

An American credit card… is just as good in Europe as American gold used to be.

Someone, somewhere, wants a letter from you.

What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

You never give me your moneyYou only give me your funny paperAnd in the middle of negotiationsYou break down.

Petroleum and coffee had no value a few centuries ago.

I got a sewing machine for my husband! Good trade, huh?

Speak silver, reply gold.

War is a bazaar where lives are traded like any other commodity: chocolate or bullets or parachute silk.

War, Etienne thinks distantly, is a bazaar where lives are traded like any other commodity: chocolate or bullets or parachute silk.

sociological research is part of a continuous 'two-way' process between sociologists and the subjects they study.

could imagine Akira Anno and Alain Badiou together, talking into the small hours. I'm sure it would have been a barrel of laughs.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.