“The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.”
“The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. ... If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.”
“Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented. ”
“It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.”
“The fork was invented sometime in the fifteenth century, I believe.”“Really?” she asked. “Were you there?”His features blank, he looked up and asked, “What, for the invention of the fork or the fifteenth century?”
“The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish.”