Decipherers Quotes & Sayings

I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered. — Denis Diderot

A man in love is a sorry spectacle. — Agatha Christie

One day you look in the mirror and you see your parents' sadness in your eyes. — Hannah Lillith Assadi

Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared.
No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled. — Dag Hammarskjold

We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms. — E. J. W. Barber

Painted by a gentle dawn
one is proud that like one's own
planet now one will not wince
at what one is facing, since
putting up with nothing whose
company we cannot lose
hardens rocks and -rather fast-
hearts as well. But rocks will last. — Joseph Brodsky

The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders. — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats. — Kool Moe Dee

They were a sorry-looking bunch. Their clothes were in tatters. Their flesh was ripped. They were filthy beyond filth. For once, they looked like the living dead. — Maggie LaCroix