Book 2 Chapter 2 1984 Quotes & Sayings

In terms of theatrics and mind-boggling intimacies, the subway cannot be beat - people you see every day and smile at, people who subtly protect each other just by shifting how they're standing, people who compliment each other's outfits, ask where they bought them and for how much. I've seen people meet-cute, make out, and break — Isaac Oliver

Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. — John Climacus

Christ has lifted woman to a new place in the world. And just in proportion as Christianity has sway, will she rise to a higher dignity in human life. What she has now, and what she shall have, of privilege and true honor, she owes to that gospel which took those qualities peculiarly and which had been counted weak and unworthy, and gave them a Divine glory in Christ. — Herrick Johnson

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not. — Betty Ford

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away. — Aaron Stanford

The mental framework that makes science enjoyable is accessible to everyone. It involves curiosity, careful observation, a disciplined way of recording events, and finding ways to tease out the underlying regularities in what one learns. It also requires the humility to be willing to learn from the results of past investigators, coupled with enough skepticism and openness of mind to reject beliefs that are not sup-ported by facts. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Due to its inherently limited supply for each location, land obtains its value from the natural, social, and cultural wealth that exists in its surrounding environment. — Martin Adams

Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love — Galway Kinnell

I don't believe the devil, I don't believe his book, but the truth is not the same without the lies he made up — Bono

Technology is far more than a method, it is a world in itself. As a method, it is superior in almost every respect. But only where it is left to itself, as in gigantic structures of engineering, there technology reveals its true nature. — Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

In New York, the dunk is not the thing. To break somebody down and shoot a J-that's as big as a dunk in New York. — Lamar Odom

An audience proves its discipline by its capacity for stillness. Those who have never practiced continuous application to an exacting process cannot settle down to simple watching; they must chew gum, they must dig the peel off their oranges, they must shift from foot to foot, from buttock to buttock. — Rebecca West

There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken
the manner, the place and the time. — Robert Southey

When people are feeling insecure, they'd rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than somebody who is weak and right. — William J. Clinton