Aspis Consortium Quotes & Sayings

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. — Moses Mendelssohn

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.
— Mary Baker Eddy

Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life. — Aziz Ansari

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary — Richard Harkness

I guess I much prefer the path of the contrarian: the guy who goes against the grain a bit. The careers of the people who I admire deeply - like the Coen brothers and Soderbergh - don't repeat themselves, and they make radically different films at times, and I think that's wonderful. — Joe Carnahan

Pattern-finding is the purpose of the mind and the construct of the universe. There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes. — Agnes Denes

In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine. — Kurt Vonnegut