Boullierlawn Quotes & Sayings

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If women die in childbed, that does no harm. It is what they were made for. — Martin Luther

There are only two ways to establish competitive advantage: do things better than others or do them differently. — Karl Albrecht

Every decoding is another encoding. — David Lodge

To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger. — Christa Wolf

Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em. — Flip Wilson

Why?
It's an excellent question.
But an even better one is...
Why not? — Lara Whatley

... she felt depressed beyond any thing she had ever known before. — Jane Austen

Do you remember the fairy tale about the mermaid? A witch gave her legs, she could walk, but she felt like there were red hot knives stabbing into her feet all the time. That story's about us, Maxim! We always walk over sharp knives, and that's something you can never get used to. But Hans Christian Anderson didn't tell the whole story. The witch could have done things differently: the mermaid walks, and the knives stab other people. That's the way of the Dark. — Sergei Lukyanenko

We must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect war may have on them. To assess these things in all their ramifications and diversity is plainly a colossal task. Rapid and correct appraisal of them clearly calls for the intuition of a genius; to master all this complex mass by sheer methodical examination is obviously impossible. Bonaparte was quite right when he said that Newton himself would quail before the algebraic problems it could pose. — Carl Von Clausewitz