Aldus Quotes & Sayings

The nature of the kingdom must mature within you — Sunday Adelaja

I'm not interested in Bob Marley telling me to 'lively up' myself. The only music that satisfies me is Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor's voice crying through industrial rhytms. In the August evenings, I lie on my bed with earphones, letting his laments roll through me like unrepentant thunderstorms. I envy the courage that carries his voice into the world. He doesn't berate himself for pain and anger; he howls. And this delights me, even though I feel ashamed when my own rage comes to the surface. My anger doesn't signify courage; it's just more confirmation that I'm bad. — Kiera Van Gelder

That man was Aldus Manutius the Elder (1450-1515) and I will happily admit I hadn't heard of him until about a year ago, but am now absolutely kicking myself that I never volunteered to have his babies. — Lynne Truss

Experience can never be undone, or knowledge unlearned. — Ronald Frame

And another small point, or two actually; Aldus was the first to use the modern semicolon. — Mark Kurlansky

I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song. — Becky G

I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character ... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none. — Carl Linnaeus

She also had a French accent, which hundreds of years of animosity had trained nice young Englishwomen to suspect as evil. — Gail Carriger

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats. — Josephus Daniels

Aldus Barnes, a structural engineer by training and member of the Advanced Geometry Unit (AGU) at Arup, has formed many successful collaborations and earned a prominent place for himself in architecture by adopting the language and skills of architects. "Talk in terms of texture and density, instead of torsion and shear. That way they don't think you are just another nerd," Barnes advises the young members of his team. — Yanni Alexander Loukissas

Post office closures in the Dakotas and Minnesota will impact many communities, but the White Earth reservation villages, and other tribal towns of Squaw Lake, Ponemah, Brookston in Minnesota, and Manderson, Wounded Knee and Wakpala (South Dakota) as well as Mandaree in North Dakota will mean hardships for a largely Native community. — Winona LaDuke

It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government. — Chuck Todd

Why do men have nipples? Because God is a woman and she really wants us to enjoy ourselves, that's why. — Cameron Dean

Those who cultivate letters must be supplied with the books necessary for their purpose; and until this supply is secured I shall not rest. — Aldus Manutius

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly. — Aldus Manutius

It is not work that kills; but no work and overwork. — Aldus Manutius

What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen. But it was not seeing, really. For once it was not just seeing. It was beholding. I beheld the river in its icy pit of brightness, in its far-below sound and indifference, in its large coil and tiny points and flashes of the moon, in its long sinuous form, in its uncomprehending consequence. — James Dickey

It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare. — Aldus Manutius