Crtins Panels Quotes & Sayings

'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the Royal Academy and loved it. — Rachel Tucker

For a patrimonial state to be stable over time, it is best ruled with consent, at least with consent from the largest minority, if not from the majority. Instinctive obedience must be the norm, otherwise too much effort needs to be put into suppressing disaffection for the regime's wider aims to be achievable. Consent is, however, not always easy to obtain. The collective view of most societies is rather conservative: in the main people prefer to see the social arrangements of their youth perpetuated into their old age; they prefer that things be done in the time-honoured way; they are suspicious of novelty and resistant to change. Thus when radical action must be taken, for whatever reason, a great burden falls on the ruler, the father-figure, who has to overcome this social inertia and persuade his subjects to follow his lead. In order that his will shall prevail, he needs to generate huge respect, preferably adulation, and if at all possible sheer awe among his people. — Paul Kriwaczek

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all. — Philip Pullman

He will not admit anything, and down faces everybody. If he can't out-argue them he bullies them, and then takes their silence for agreement with his views. — Bram Stoker

Her hands are warm and soft. Hands I knew better then my own. — Nicholas Sparks

The poor child felt like a little bird that is placed in a glittering cage. — Johanna Spyri