Jennifer Government Quotes

“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so many brokers were doing it that it was impossible to jail them all. Now it was called smart trading.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“Companies were getting a lot tougher on labor contracts these days; Hack had heard stories. At Adidas, if you quit your job and your replacement wasn't as competent, they sued you for lost profits.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“We have all, at some time, put a price tag on a human life and decided we can afford it.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“You know, this all started when they got rid of tax. That’s when everyone started buying out of society. When we had tax, we had a community.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“The easier your job, the more you got paid. John had suspected this for many years, but here was the proof: pulling down five hundred bucks an hour to sit in the afternoon sun on top of an L.A. office tower.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“somewhere along the line, this freedom stuff got way out of control.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“It was turning into a sly, anti–free market statement, and irony irritated him. There was no place for irony in marketing: it made people want to look for deeper meaning. There was no place in marketing for that, either.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“John here,” the other John said, “pioneered the concept of marketing by refusing to sell any products. It drives the market insane.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“In the military, we have always had a healthy disrespect for democracy.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“We can’t take that step. It’s illegal, and more importantly it’s bad business.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“In a way, Jennifer felt bad, busting into such a nice place in full riot gear and scaring the crap out of everybody. But in another, more accurate way, she enjoyed it a lot.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“It didn’t seem right to Buy that it was so easy.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“If these guys had all the money, John wondered, who could stop them doing whatever they wanted?”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“She threw off her coat and hefted the machine gun concealed inside it. It was a Vektor SS77: heavy and awkward, but capable of nine hundred rounds a minute. Four steps to her right took her out of the crowd. She dropped to her knee and squeezed the trigger.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“America is the greatest group of countries in the world because we have freedom. In countries like France, where the Government isn’t privatized, they still have to pay tax and do whatever the Government says, which would really suck. In USA countries, we respect individual rights and let people do whatever they want.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“irony irritated him. There was no place for irony in marketing: it made people want to look for deeper meaning. There was no place in marketing for that, either.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government

“Companies claimed to be highly responsive, Jennifer thought, but you only had to chase a screaming man through their offices to realize it wasn't true.”
― Max Barry, Jennifer Government