97im Quotes & Sayings

Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage. — Mike Trout

There is nothing more difficult to outgrow than anxieties that have become useful to us, whether as explanations for a life that never quite finds its true force or direction, or as fuel for ambition, or as a kind of reflexive secular religion that, paradoxically, unites us with others in a shared sense of complete isolation: you feel at home in the world only by never feeling at home in the world. — Christian Wiman

Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links. — Fred Wilson

Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods — Montesquieu

Like a wallflower he stayed in the background waiting for someone to fetch him, someone more courageous and stronger than himself to tear him away and force him into happiness. — Hermann Hesse

I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better. — Elton John

In a forum online I saw a thread about favourite smells. There was the usual stuff about fresh cut grass, babies, and whatever, but slowly a controversial contingent arose which named the smell of their own balls as their favourite aroma. — Drew Nellins Smith

I know people who prepare their roles in such a way that they technically look ahead and memorize their gestures, and then they stick to it. Those that are technically proficient enough can make it seem natural, but they do that and don't really take in what other people are doing. — Viggo Mortensen

Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down. — Elizabeth Edwards

You cannot fix a problem in the world unless you've already resolved the underlying conflict within yourself. — Auliq Ice

Vagueness spurred him into knight errantry. — E. M. Forster

The heavy odds against finding the desired ... work of art in the mess and flux of life, as opposed to the serene orderliness of imagined reality, give a special tense dazzle and an atmosphere of tour de force to any photographs that succeed in the search. — Janet Malcolm

There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a pleasure to him who best understands their force. This diction of his, I must once again say, is never to be copied; and since it cannot, he will appear but lame in the best translation. — John Dryden

And remember, the goal of practice isn't doing something until you get it right. It's doing it until you can't get it wrong. — Bob Kauflin

I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection. — Thomas De Maiziere