August 2011

W. M. Lewis Quotations

-The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. W. M. Lewis

John Scalzi Quotations

-When you’re a teenager and you’re in love, it’s obvious to everyone but you and the person you’re in love with. John Scalzi

Erica Eisdorfer Quotations

-I felt despair. Though it seems to me now there’s two kinds of it: the sort that causes a person to surrender and then the sort I had which made me take risks and make plans. Erica Eisdorfer

Jack Layton Quotations

-My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. Jack Layton

George Shelley Quotations

-He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform what he has promised, is a traitor to his friend. George Shelley

Berthold Auerbach Quotations

-Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt. Berthold Auerbach

Sam Harris Quotations

-The link between belief and behavior raises the stakes considerably. Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them. This may seem an extraordinary claim, but it merely enunciates an ordinary fact about the world in which we live. Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach [...]

Alice Thomas Ellis Quotations

-There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters. Alice Thomas Ellis

Hunter S. Thompson Quotations

-When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Hunter S. Thompson

Paul Graham Quotations

-Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as “suits”. Paul Graham

Ajahn Chah Quotations

-Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won’t be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you. Ajahn Chah

Duke Ellington Quotations

-I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. Duke Ellington

Konrad Adenauer Quotations

-The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. Konrad Adenauer