Trade Debtors Control

Famous quotes containing the words trade, debtors and/or control:

    And trade is art, and art’s philosophy,
    In Paris.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)

    So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, How much do you owe my master?’ He answered, A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.’
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 16:5,6.

    The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
    Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)