Ailisa Quotes & Sayings

Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive. — Douglas Adams

Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive. — Ursula K. Le Guin

When your life burns to ash before you, it's hard to find hope in the embers of what remains. — Darby Briar

Objective truth is difficult to come by, and even if you have it, what you can pass on to the next person is the story that you tell about it. In order for truth to be recognized as true, it has to be wrapped in plausibility. Just the same as lies. (Another Word: Plausibility and Truth — Daniel Abraham

I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. — Eduard Hanslick

Some people don't even realize they're bitter. If you don't know whether you are or not, here's a quick quiz you can give yourself. If you ever wake up in the morning and the first thing you say is "Oh, fuck, not again," you might be a little bitter. — Marc Maron

Someone told me that they didn't want to take a flu shot because they didn't want to put a foreign substance in their body. What do they think they do at dinner every night? — Michael Specter

The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism. — George Will

Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would be much more to write about — Piero Scaruffi

I've always thought basketball was the best sport, although it wasn't the sport I was best at. It was just the most fun to watch. — Jack Nicholson

take out your love from lies... or you will get a lot to loose. — Toge Aprilianto

It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research. — Roger Wicker