Curless Auction Quotes & Sayings

My real desire is to see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated traditions, old rituals, meaningless kitsch, and that we be conscious and sensorially attuned to this world in this moment that we are alive. — Karim Rashid

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon
valour. — Livy

I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My father, who was an English teacher, advised me that once I had read 'the Hobbit,' that would be enough. I could then move on to Dostoyevsky. — Ken Stott

Noon bells sang out with their usual ignorance of mood, marking out moments of grief and worry, elation and confusion. The bells said that at its core, human life was fundamentally a sort of organic clockwork, while the winds and skylarks that swept against the sound of metronomic iron timekeeping argued for variety, subtlety, epiphany. — Gregory Maguire

Sometimes I feel that a more rational explanation for all that has happened during my lifetime is that I am still only thirteen years old, reading Jules Verne or H. G. Wells, and have fallen asleep. — Stanislaw Ulam

I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for myself. — Heather Brooke

The PS3 controller was criticized for its weird shape and it was nicknamed the Boomerang. SONY claimed the Boomerang was not the finished controller and they eventually unveiled a controller that was almost identical to the controller of the PSOne and PS2. SONY were criticized again for being unoriginal. — James Egan

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. — William Hazlitt

You can actively flee, then, and you can actively stay put. — Erik Erikson

Charity is a nice gesture, but it only offers temporary relief. But if he can change the law, the benefits for the poor will last longer. — Aya Ling