Cumque Plurimas Quotes & Sayings

Do you lie awake at night to come up with all your witty replies for the following day? — Sarah J. Maas

He could easily invent an elaborate, plausible universe. But it is one thing to make that universe believable, and another to believe it. That is the difference between art and religion. — Lawrence Wright

I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek. — Patrick Stewart

The establishment of formal standards for proofs about programs [ ... ] and the proposal that the semantics of a programming language may be defined independently of all processors for that language, by establishing standards of rigor for proofs about programs in the language, appears to be novel. — Robert W. Floyd

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint. — Derek Magyar

if all you have to offer are criticisms on the people making the decisions, without being able to offer any better decisions yourself, then I suggest you reserve your judgement. — Luke Smitherd

All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills. — James N. Frey

Only in a secular history where men and women are freed for unexpected true humanity can God reveal his own being. — Edward Schillebeeckx

In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as if it were a mist, cloaking the perplexities of fact. Insistence on clarity at all costs is based on sheer superstition as to the mode in which human intelligence functions. Our reasoning grasps at straws for premises and float on gossamer for deductions. — Alfred North Whitehead

This is the fantasy of every woman - to hold at our feet servile and tame slaves, like in Roman times. And the worse we treat them, the more passionate they become. — Thalia

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. — Frederick Douglass