Cuberpunk Quotes & Sayings

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts. — Jeb Bush

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this - we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws." - Whewell: "Bridgewater Treatise". — Charles Darwin

Connecting in sips may work for gathering discreet bits of information, they may work for saying, "I'm thinking about you," or even for saying, "I love you," but they don't really work for learning about each other, for really coming to know and understand each other. And we use conversations with each other to learn how to have conversations with ourselves. So a flight from conversation can really matter because it can compromise our capacity for self-reflection. For kids growing up, that skill is the bedrock of development. — Sherry Turkle

[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base. — Kenneth E. Boulding

Sex is the sweetest of all things. — Lailah Gifty Akita

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. — Thich Nhat Hanh

...everywhere I am is true. — Baisao

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary. — Alexander MacLaren

Steve Jobs is perhaps the most competitive human being I have ever met in my life, and yet I would argue one of the most artistic human beings I have ever met in my life. You can trash the movies all you want, but they do have an artistic component. And yet brutal competition knows no peers when it comes to Hollywood. — Tom Peters

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all. — Moliere

No, pause! I just went into totally stupid girly virgin mode!!
~Takahashi Misaki — Shungiku Nakamura

In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot. — Richard J. Foster

The soles of his shoes are worn the way the edges of erasers become rounded with use. As though he walks around correcting his mistakes. — Nadeem Aslam

All those years and their moments - Crackling bacon, slamming car doors, Poems tried out on friends, Will be one more archive, One more shaky text. — Gary Snyder