Cannibalizes Quotes & Sayings

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it. — Seneca The Younger

Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself. — Mason Cooley

One day he told me that he'd spent his adulthood trying to let go of his past, and he remarked how ironic it was that he had to get closer to it in order to let it go. — Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment — William Osler

Kisses open doors, I've noticed. That one gesture can unlock secrets, ease open feelings. It can't be prevented
these kisses just are. It's how they work. They break into basements you never knew you had. — Susan Fletcher

Then armor yourself in faith, by all means, but wear a suit of mail and plate as well. — George R R Martin

Writing has nothing to do with pretty manners, and less to do with sportsmanship or restraint [...]
Every writer begins as a subversive, if in nothing more than the antisocial means by which he earns his keep. Finally, every fantasist who cannibalizes himself knows that misfortune is his friend, that grief feeds and sharpens his fancy, that hatred is as sufficient a spur to creation as love (and a world more common) and that without an instinct for lunacy he will come to nothing. — Geoffrey Wolff

Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority is changeable in its class composition. A political majority grows. A communal majority is born. The admission to a political majority is open. The door to a communal majority is closed. The politics of political majority are free to all to make and unmake. The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it. — B.R. Ambedkar