Financiers are great mythomaniacs, their explanations and superstitions are those of primitive men; the world is a jungle to them.They perceive acutely that they are at the dawn of economic history. Christina Stead More Quotes by Christina Stead More Quotes From Christina Stead Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna--to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had nothing to do with it? It's the sign of the misogynist. Christina Stead papa mother trying A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has a rich widow. Christina Stead widows rich men Behind the concept of woman's strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by its law, unpredictable; an attribute given to every member of the league of the unfortunate. Christina Stead league law ideas Women are outside the law; they make nothing, they say yes or no to some collections of whereases. Christina Stead collections yeah law I never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy. Christina Stead wanted father Los Angeles is a Yukon for crime-story writers. Christina Stead yukon story-writers stories Strange is the influence of Marx on character. Christina Stead strange influence character It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An abyss would open in the principal shopping street of every town. Christina Stead upset shopping towns Venus can see at night without eyes. Christina Stead venus eye night I hate Bernard Shaw because he says that life is compromise. Christina Stead compromise hate life-is It is most oppressive to be an aunt. Christina Stead aunt The more we know, the better our intuitions. Christina Stead intuition knows A single girl must lead a double life don't you think? Christina Stead single-girl girl thinking The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their propositions, their solutions. Christina Stead repetition race reason A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford. Christina Stead men believe son If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare. Christina Stead misery revolution should-have Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money. ... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a jealous mistress, everything is terribly possessive, and, by God, we want to be terribly possessed if we want to get somewhere - and we want to be terribly possessed - anyhow; or what is life? Christina Stead jealous passion money it's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money. Christina Stead unlucky money work money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all. Christina Stead monopoly money people To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just good for cutting up and building your house with. Christina Stead cutting house book
