Dorpat Conference Quotes & Sayings

Like many lazy people, once I started work I could not stop; perhaps that is why we avoid it. — Cyril Connolly

Remember Ambrose Bierce's witty definition of the verb 'to pray': 'to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy'. There are athletes who believe God helps them win - against opponents who would seem, on the face of it, no less worthy of his favouritism. There are motorists who believe God saves them a parking space - thereby presumably depriving somebody else. This style of theism is embarrassingly popular, and is unlikely to be impressed by anything as (superficially) reasonable as NOMA. Nevertheless, — Richard Dawkins

Whoever John Stoner is, he is no magician. He could not have made you into a hero if you had not already possessed the raw material. -Concordia Glade to Ambrose Wills. — Amanda Quick

Now there were no more stories to tell, to soothe, to comfort, to draw strangers close together; to link like hearts and minds. — Melanie Benjamin

I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want. I developed NVC as a way to train my attention-to shine the light of consciousness-on places that have the potential to yield what I am seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Suddenly I remembered this place, — Rick Riordan

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you. — Imelda Staunton

My teeth are all my own. I've just finished paying for them. — Ken Dodd

Spectacle is grounded in the illusion of control. — Kirsty Logan

When Hillary Clinton talks about adding more restrictions and complexity to our financial system, as she did in her economic policy speech, it shows how clueless she is about how the economy actually works. — Carly Fiorina

I think I was probably that kid in the neighborhood who you could expect once or twice a year to be knocking on your door trying to sell you something stupid. — Andrew Mason

All my memories are things I gave away, traded for new days after days after days... — Brenna Ehrlich

Money is perhaps the single most important parameter which influences our decision when it comes to a job. — Abhishek Ratna

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force — Jenny Holzer

As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom, and decorum of the things inside you. As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be. — Anne Carson