Diminuire Quotes & Sayings

Liberty can't be saved by those who retire into their ivory towers or take to the hills, so to speak, to bemoan its plight.2 It is the individual who is active who pushes liberty over the brink - or rescues her - depending on the nature of his actions. Inactive people are as uninfluential on this question as is any inert mass. — Leonard E. Read

Being immortal did not make me invincible. Look at what the Bacchants did to that poor Orpheus fella. — Kevin Hearne

Fundamentals make the market. — T. Boone Pickens

We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it speaks, be it external or internal, we must for ever be on our guard, ever mobilized, ever vigilant, always ready to spring at its throat. In all this we march together. Not only do we march and strive shoulder to shoulder at this moment, under the fire of the enemy on the fields of war or in the air, but also in those realms of thought which are consecrated to the rights and the dignity of man. — Winston Churchill

Irony - The modern mode: either the devil's mark or the snorkel of sanity. — Julian Barnes

Sucking in air, Heather said, "Fluffy - Mrs. Allen's ferocious dog - chased me all the way down Pine Street trying to tear me to shreds with his razor fangs. I barely got away."
Scarlet scrunched her face. "Isn't Fluffy a Chihuahua?"
Still panting, Heather said, "Yes. A demon-possessed, human-eating Chihuahua. — Chelsea Fine

You know, I've read Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' about fifteen times. — James Balog

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it. — Will Wright

TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue. — John Poindexter

A man lives so many different lengths of time. And each one has its own end. — Steven Hall

One of the biggest mistakes that most people make is clinging to the excuse that the time isn't quite right to take action. Well, let me tell you something: In my experience, conditions are never right at the right time. The timing is always wrong. So if you're waiting for everything to be perfect before taking action, you have a foolproof excuse for never taking action. — Robert Ringer

Letting go is not getting rid of. Letting go is letting be. — Sally Brampton

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. — Holly Goldberg Sloan