Catelyns Quotes & Sayings

A Warrior of the Light knows what he wants. And he has no need to waste time on explanations. — Paulo Coelho

she shall scant show well that now shows best. — William Shakespeare

Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms. — Julian Fellowes

Children get food shelter pocket money longholidays and love, all of it apparently free gratis, and most of the little fools think it's a sort of compensation for having been born. 'There are no strings on me!' They sang; but I, pinnoccio, saw the strings. Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness. — Salman Rushdie

In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and functional bridge without a knowledge of steel and dirt, and a considerable mathematical technique for using this knowledge to compute the properties of structures. Similarly, one cannot build a beautiful computer system without a deep understanding of how to "previsualize" the process generated by the code one writes. — Gerald Jay Sussman

Even the regular sufferings of fear were better than the ashen grayness of unfeeling, the numbness that had clutched his heart for months. Who knew that no pain was the worst pain, that ordinary agony was the way to feel alive? — Matthew Specktor

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. — George Gordon Byron