Broud Quotes & Sayings

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union — Francois Mitterrand

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me. — Bernie Mac

I never did very well in math-I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally. — Calvin Trillin

Ayla should have been the son of my mate. Brun to Broud, Clan of the Cave Bear. — Jean M. Auel

They maintain he wrote The Art of War. Personally, I believe it was a woman. On the surface, The Art of War is a manual about tactics on the battlefield, but at its deepest level it describes how to win conflicts. Or to be more precise, the art of getting what you want at the lowest possible price. The winner of a war is not necessarily the victor. Many have won the crown, but lost so much of their army that they can only rule on their ostensibly defeated enemies' terms. With regard to power, women don't have the vanity men have. They don't need to make power visible, they only want the power to give them the other things they want. Security. Food. Enjoyment. Revenge. Peace. They are rational, power-seeking planners, who think beyond the battle, beyond the victory celebrations. And because they have an inborn capacity to see weakness in their victims, they know instinctively when and how to strike. And when to stop. You can't learn that, Spiuni. — Jo Nesbo

He said at last, when Miss Gilchrist had twittered into silence: — Agatha Christie

I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way. — Thom Gunn

But when did you see her, talk to me? When did you see her go into the cave? Why did you threaten to strike a spirit? You still don't understand, do you? You acknowledged her, Broud, she has beaten you. You did everything you could to her, you even cursed her. She's dead, and still she won. She was a woman, and she had more courage than you, Broud, more determination, more self-control. She was more man than you are. Ayla should have been the son of my mate. — Jean M. Auel

Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly. — Tim Berners-Lee

Don't park ... Arrival is the death of inspiration. — Ernst Haas

You look good wearing my future. — Eric Stoltz

He estimates that perhaps 250,000 slaves were imported illegally before the Civil War. — Howard Zinn

[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the desire to domesticate time (cinema), to preserve and capture the surface of the fleeting (photography), to see inside (x-ray). — Walead Beshty