Backronym Quotes & Sayings

Amid the pointing and the horror, the clean flame. — William Faulkner

Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future ... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken. — Eric Hoffer

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genie — Puzant Kevork Thomajan

Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine. — Steven Van Zandt

My personal feeling is that people need to be careful not to start over-analyzing and taking things apart and trying to be critical. — Amy Ray

It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world. — Sam Altman

threw me off guard." The chief's eyes crinkled — Ellery Adams

We must also deal with the knowledge streams that filter messages about the past and the future into the minds of young people. Places of learning, both formal and non-formal, must be charged with telling stories of both despair and hope, of oppression and freedom, of reconciliation and social justice, of struggle and responsibility, of fairness and forgiveness, of ethnic nationalism and non-racial solidarity. — Jonathan Jansen