Discursion Def Quotes & Sayings

If two programs respond in the same way to every possible action by the user, then they render the same environment; if they would respond perceptibly differently to even one possible action, they render different environments. — David Deutsch

Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for. — Laura Miller

I'm a bit of a tomboy. — Margot Robbie

On the other hand, I view the whole matter from a cosmic perspective. I don't take a position. I believe that there are no more positions to take, no certainties, no facts. Many people find this confusing about my films; they say I am hiding out behind irony. But from a cosmic viewpoint, it is eternally unimportant whether one lives or not. — Peter Greenaway

In times of uncertainty, we tend to move away from deterministic world views. And when we try to find moral footing for our actions, we compare ourselves to the foil of all foils, the Nazi period. It's a quest for moral certainty by saying, "Even if we're not doing great these days, at least we're not the Third Reich." Which can be consoling or alarmist. There's always a present-day agenda behind it. — Gavriel David Rosenfeld

Silence is true wisdom's best reply. — Euripides

It's the government's job to come in and help their citizens and guide their citizens to a brighter future and unfortunately in America that's not what's happening. — Cristian Machado

See, you're not going to stop using, and she's not going to stop giving. You're both addicted. — Brittainy C. Cherry

There is a clear link between protecting your car and home and protecting your life. So life insurance was a logical addition to the AA's range. — Kevin Sinclair

I moved back to Buffalo in 2009, and I had this moment where I wanted to have the best of both worlds. I wanted to be able to be in church and cook at home but then still get on a plane and fly back to New York and be this supermodel. — Jessica White

The oaks and firs stood up as they reached the interstate and pushed on through the South West Pacific Highway to the Salmon River Highway, past places with names like Falling Creek, Tualatin, Joe Dancer Park, and Erratic Rock. Places you could walk out into and die and never be found. He could imagine them seared by sun in summer and shrouded in snow in winter. Hammered by hail the size of coins in spring and autumn, pounding flesh and smashing bone, processed to be carried off chunk by speck in the guts of birds. — Warren Ellis

I worked probably fewer jobs than most people, or fewer real soul-killing jobs than other people. I've been a typist, a typesetter, a keyliner, cappuccino-maker. I think I've been pretty lucky. — Bonnie Jo Campbell

Fighting is a sport if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you. — Mike Tyson

Here's a slightly outrageous tip: Don't respect the text. Just because you've written something down doesn't mean it has a right to exist. If your internal editor can find a better way to say something, junk the original version and go with the new one. If you can't find a better way, and the passage really isn't good, junk it. — Crawford Kilian