Bibliophily Quotes & Sayings

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media. — Sean Parker

No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death. — Michelangelo Buonarroti

The honest truth is - and I have felt this way forever - is my largest competitor is myself. Always. I am intimidated by my own hang-ups about acting more so than anything, any part, any director. — Portia Doubleday

For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those who are indifferent do not see others. They feel nothing for others and are unconcerned with what might happen to them. They are surrounded by a great emptiness. Filled by it, in fact. They are devoid of all hope as well as imagination. In other words, devoid of any future. — Elie Wiesel

I see the whole thing popping and parenthesizing in every direction, the story of that house and that kitchen. — Jack Kerouac

The ones we love often don't need our judgment - they need our prayers. - Dianne Fraser - — Gary Chapman

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more. — Gerald Brenan

You are facing one of the greatest decisions of your career. You must choose between Shonts and Gorgas. If you fall back upon the old methods of sanitation, you will fail, just as the French failed. If you back up Gorgas and his ideas and let him pursue his campaign against the mosquitoes, you will get your canal. — David McCullough

I go to a meeting every day. I surround myself with people who don't use. I recently got back from Ozzfest and I caught myself in kind of a sticky situation where I was around a lot of people using, drinking and it was kind of - I didn't have the urge to use once, but I just knew I shouldn't have been there. — Jack Osbourne

The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its nature and purpose as a deliberate human activity. Doubtless this is due to the inevitable drawback that mathematical study is saturated with technicalities from beginning to end. — Herbert Turnbull

There existed very long saxophones from years ago. The player sat on their chair like a cellist; that same sort of feeling to it as well - unlike for example the way a harpist would be: the whole act differing in a very fundamental sense. Although harpists are fine. There is nothing to be said against harpists by any means whatsoever. — James Kelman

I regret my lack of options. I regret being painted into a corner and having that be the only instrument to get me from point A to point B. — T.I.

In tactics, no information is better than too much ... because at some point the players stop reading and stop thinking. — Giovanni Guidetti

To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism. — Rafael Yglesias

Don't let despair mutate your flesh
Look at my twisted stumps of thought
See the fingers, listen to the voice
I am slowly becoming the end of the line. — Henry Rollins