Derotation Quotes & Sayings

Our problem is to work out a social organization which shall be as efficient as possible without offending our notions of a satisfactory way of life." - JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES — Tony Judt

It is never too late to show true character. — Bill Courtney

The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives. — John Selden

Whenever life becomes Tinkertoys, the queen may be sacrificed. — Robert Fulghum

In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by silence and by speech acting together, comes a double significance. In the symbol proper, what we can call a symbol, there is ever, more or less distinctly and directly, some embodiment and revelation of the Infinite; the Infinite is made to blend itself with the Finite, to stand visible, and as it were, attainable there. By symbols, accordingly, is man guided and commanded, made happy, made wretched. — Thomas Carlyle

Watch Die Hard films until the day started making sense again. — Jonathan Maberry

In the subways, in many of the streets, in corners of the park at night, contact could be dangerous. Contact was not a word or a touch but the air that flashed between strangers. — Don DeLillo

He almost felt guilty about bringing even fictional murder and mayhem to such a place. Almost. — Nora Roberts

Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn't be surprised if all my future main characters were as well. — Lauren Weisberger

President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time. — F. W. De Klerk

Shakespeare drew a map of the human mind as clearly as Newton mapped the heavens. Wht is one considered science and the other fir only to be mocked with jokes about pretty girls and drury lane? — Sebastian Faulks

Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together. — Tim Berners-Lee

One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings who traverse this earth cannot yet fathom. — Frederick Lenz

I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed. — Edie McClurg

I'm dependent on writing for a living, so really it's to my advantage to understand how the creative process works. One of the problems is, when you start to do that, in effect you're going to have to step off the edge of science and rationality. — Alan Moore