Carmagnole Jacket Quotes & Sayings

It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects have an existence natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world; yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction. For what are the forementioned objects but the things we perceive by sense, and what do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations; and is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these or any combination of them should exist unperceived?' (Berkeley, 1710: 25) — George Berkeley

An unbreakable code is a mathematical impossibility! He knows that! — Dan Brown

Words were the most powerful tool. Simple and so often underestimated. They could heal. They could destroy. from Onyx — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation. — David Lynch

The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual. — Antony Beevor

The gods love to laugh at a happy man, however. — Joe Abercrombie

I have no quarrel with people seeing me as a sinner. — Mario Cuomo

I've got the brains, you've got the looks, let's make lots of money — Neil Tennant

Throughout the 19th century, when there was a laissez-faire mentality and insufficient regulation, you had one crisis after another. Each crisis brought about some reform. That is how central banking developed. — George Soros