Djordje Marjanovic Quotes & Sayings

Economists should be modest and be aware that they are part of the broader social science community. We need to be pragmatic about the methods we use. When we need to do history, we should do history. When we need to study political science, we should study political science. — Thomas Piketty

I am not angry with anybody. But when I am alone it seems to me that I can see my friends in a clearer and rosier light than when I am with them; and when I loved and felt music best I lived far from it. It would seem that I must have distant perspectives in order that I may think well of things. — Friedrich Nietzsche

One reason I find all this character growth and narrative swerving so exhilarating is because I never got to do it when I wrote for TV. Our characters needed to remain consistent from week to week. — Maria Semple

All a man can betray is his conscience. — Joseph Conrad

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita' is that book for me. Nabokov's love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. — Marisha Pessl

One of them is probably Michael, I think. All I have to do to find my dad is go to church. — Cynthia Hand

Just because you're in a situation, doesn't mean you have to be that situation. You're not the situation you're in! — K.M. Johnson

A mathematician thinks in numbers, a lawyer in laws, and an idiot thinks in words. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say. — Natalie Maines

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew? — Craig Ferguson