Batisse Quotes & Sayings

One connection I see between the work I did on philosophy and my work on technology is that both communities tend to mystify and create an atmosphere of complexity. — Astra Taylor

For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one way or another - whether it is criminal or civil or whatever. In ordinary life, you do not have to decide things with absolute finality. You do not have to decide on a theory in order to behave in a certain way towards other people. — Talal Asad

The motion picture is the people's Art. — Adela Rogers St. Johns

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl. — Jordana Brewster

You get angry, you punch someone in the face. Simple. Direct. Bloody. Fun! — Rick Riordan

It wasn't was easy as picking one over the other. Nothing ever was. It wasn't as though I'd even had a choice, not really. — Jenny Han

What happened after publication of our paper was that, for the next 40 years, people said, all right, we now know the answer to the capital structure question under ideal conditions. — Merton Miller

To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. — George Washington

An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity. — Janny Wurts

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy. — Ingmar Bergman

When I had a record deal in the '90s, that was my dream - to make an album like Barbra Streisand's Broadway album - and they laughed me out of the room. Broadway wasn't cool. But artists like Michael Buble and Josh Groban have brought the classic genre back to the forefront, so I'm trying to find my way inside that market. — Billy Porter

Your enlightenment is more powerful than your ignorance. — Swami Nithyananda

No Pilar," Agustin said. "You are not smart. You are brave. You are loyal. You have decision. You have intuition. Much decision and much heart. But you are not smart. — Ernest Hemingway,

I feel like a little beast when I'm onstage, and I feel like my fans have that little beast inside of them, too: this hunger for life. — Becky G

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. — Victor Hugo