Despote Quotes & Sayings

Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

About Antrax by Terry Brooks: I wonder if he's planning a book called SRS? Or F'lu? — James Nicoll

It was like when you see a movie in the theater during the day, and when you leave the movie, you can't believe that it's still daylight outside — Stephen Chbosky

That's what people never understand: They see us hard little pretty things, brightly lacquered and sequin-studded, and they laugh, they mock, they arouse themselves. They miss everything. You see, these glitters and sparkle dusts and magicks? It's war paint, it's feather and claws, it's blood sacrifice. — Megan Abbott

I always had a powerful serve. It's one of the best in women's tennis. It's very good to have a weapon like that. — Li Na

The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other. — Geoff Johns

A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again. — Philibert Joseph Roux

Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it and you might as well use it. You're privileged to be at Yale, but you know you're under an obligation to repay what's been put into you. — Walker Evans