Barrayaran Empire Quotes & Sayings

Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. — E.L. Konigsburg

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom? — Raoul Vaneigem

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him. — Baudouin Of Belgium

I know that you observe Christmas Day as you learned it at home. I do not observe it. However, as assistant director of this prison, I allow all the Catholics to observe freely and with some joy this day in this home. — Odilo Globocnik

Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head. — Niels Bohr

We try to bring up our children so that they are protected from the world's evils, only to find we've raised a pack of innocents who seem to be about to stumble into them at every turn just from sheer stupidity! — Samuel R. Delany

In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But now there are more documentaries and more films in general being released than ever before. There are weeks when the New York Times is reviewing 15 films, so it's harder to leave an impression on the public. A lot of these films are seeing their financial future on digital platforms. Because viewers aren't hearing as much about films in theatrical release, I think the festival circuit is going to have increasing importance for the life of a film. — Thom Powers

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds. — Frank Black

As the kid was getting his head dunked in the toilet, Joi started pointing and laughing while saying, "What a LOOOSEEEER! — The Lexies

A fire needs three things: a dry bed, fuel, and room to breathe. — Alexis M. Smith