Consider Phlebas Quotes & Sayings

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot — Iain Banks

Horza recalled that the Culture's attitude to somebody who believed in an omnipotent God was to pity them, and to take no more notice of the substance of their faith than one would take of the ramblings of somebody claiming to be Emperor of the Universe. The nature of the belief wasn't totally irrelevant - along with the person's background and upbringing, it might tell you something about what had gone wrong with them - but you didn't take their views seriously. — Iain Banks

India is once again ready to play the role of 'Vishvaguru' and work towards the benefit of mankind. — Narendra Modi

Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing. — Vince Vaughn

Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. — T. S. Eliot

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too. — Randy Houser

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. — Thomas Fuller

I grew up in the 1920s and 1930s in a nouveau riche world, where money was spent wildly, and I'm still living in one! ... The private schools are all jammed with long waiting lists; the clubs
all the old clubs
are jammed with long waiting lists today; the harbors are clogged with yachts; there has never been a more material society than the one we live in today ... Where is this 'vanished world' they talk about? I don't think the critics have looked out the window! — Louis Auchincloss

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. — Judy Blume

One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power. — Merritt A. Edson