Criteria Matrix Quotes & Sayings

A young and clueless second-lieutenant straight out of the factory, I was very much surplus to the requirements. — Patrick Hennessey

Politically, I call it rape whenever a woman has sex and feels violated. — Catharine MacKinnon

Yeah, we should all line up along the Bosphorus Bridge and puff as hard as we can to shove this city in the direction of the West. If that doesn't work, we'll try the other way, see if we can veer to the East. It's no good to be in between. International politics does not appreciate ambiguity. — Elif Shafak

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body. — Jodie Foster

The secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance — Gustavus Franklin Swift

The Perfect Weapon

It's what men both long for and yet....secretly pray we never find.

A woman with equal parts passion and reason. — Michael Xavier

Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable. — Ken Kesey

Nell," the Constable continued, indicating through his tone of voice that the lesson was concluding, "the difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations - in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward. — Neal Stephenson

Ants are more like the parts of an animal than entities on their own. They are mobile cells, circulating through a dense connective tissue of other ants in a matrix of twigs. The circuits are so intimately interwoven that the anthill meets all the essential criteria of an organism. — Lewis Thomas

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do. — Jennifer Aniston

Soft flesh is eaten by hard teeth. — Isaac Marion

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart. — Sai Baba