Damatakosita Quotes & Sayings

We walk quickly, hurrying to the car parked on Ainslie. — Mary Kubica

It's not so much that I ever declared: 'I will never have children.' I just never found the right man to settle down with, so it didn't happen. — Kiki Dee

I like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means. — Rem Koolhaas

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty ... — David Mitchell

But a warrior is never distracted. — Paulo Coelho

I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg.
I Name you Calvin.
I Name you Mr. Jenkins.
I Name you Proginoskes.
I fill you with Naming.
Be!
Be, butterfly and behemoth,
be galaxy and grasshopper,
star and sparrow,
you matter,
you are,
be!
Be caterpillar and comet,
Be porcupine and planet,
sea sand and solar system,
sing with us,
dance with us,
rejoice with us,
for the glory of creation,
seagulls and seraphim
angle worms and angel host,
chrysanthemum and cherubim.
(O cherubim.)
Be!
Sing for the glory
of the living and the loving
the flaming of creation
sing with us
dance with us
be with us.
Be!"
- Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door — Madeleine L'Engle

And, in the future, while the dumb show of bohemianism plays itself out in the cookie cutter shape of the politically correct martyr/victim, aesthetic terrorists will not involve themselves in the dubious rewards of celebrity. The best of them will work alone, already a part of the enemy camp, and in chameleon-like style master the fifth-column algorithms to subvert the ancient regime. We won't know them by their name but their compensation will be to affect the outcome of the planet. Until then, there's a lot of work to be done. — Adam Parfrey

Half the ideas in this book are probably wrong. — Matt Ridley

Just as welfare was said to "cause poverty," the experts may soon announce that Medicare causes baldness and that Social Security is a risk factor for osteoporosis: the correlations are undeniable. — Barbara Ehrenreich

A day like a beautiful wild animal with a glossy coat and a mouth full of teeth. — Cameron Dokey

Civically engaged, business oriented, technology obsessed, and socially skilled, Franklin was "our founding Yuppie," declares the New York Times columnist David Brooks. Franklin "would have felt right at home in the information revolution," Walter Isaacson writes in his biography of the statesman. "We can easily imagine having a beer with him after work, showing him how to use the latest digital device, sharing the business plan of a new venture, and discussing the most recent political scandals or policy ideas." The essence of Franklin's appeal is that he was brilliant but practical, interested in everything, but especially in how things work. — Fareed Zakaria

I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that. — Kirsten Dunst

Ichirou: Shindou-san. You'd better take the day off. Take the medicine too.

Shindou: I SAID... I DON'T NEED IT.

Uru: Shin-

Ichirou: If that's the case... Would you like to take it mouth-to-mouth or are you going to swallow it yourself?

Shindou: *swallow*

Uru: I-incredible! Ichirou-kun!Though you still got hit!

Ichirou: I'm used to handling people that refuse to take their medicine. — Kou Matsuzuki

Not only my arrest but the others smack of the Haymarket. The police are very much in disrepute all over the country, and they wish to do something to clear themselves. They are trying to make it an anarchist plot. If they wish to make up a case, they may succeed. — Emma Goldman