E53 Quotes & Sayings

A well-informed mind,' he would say, 'is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within. Thought, and cultivation, are necessary — Ann Radcliffe

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't. — Diane Arbus

Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and market conditions that we can no longer distinguish folk tales from fairy tales nor recognize that the impact of these narratives stems from their imaginative grasp and symbolic depiction of social realities. Folk and fairy tales are generally confused with one another and taken as make-believe stories with no direct reference to a particular community or historical tradition. Their own specific ideology and aesthetics are rarely seen in the light of a diachronic historical development which has great bearing on our cultural self-understanding. — Jack D. Zipes

Our genomes are evolving and changing every single day. — Craig Venter

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life. — Lance Bass

In Russia, they say I'm a Pole, in Poland they call me Russian. — Konstantin Rokossovsky

Not until you finally try to put down the stuff do you realize, with stinging clarity, precisely why you picked it up in the first place. All life, in this freshly nerve-flayed state, boils down to a choice of hells. The hell of being fucked-up on drugs or the hell of being fucked-up without them. — Jerry Stahl

Nature is a universal that is shareable by all, males and females, men and women, and can thus be of use in mediating between all. The same does not apply for already constructed worlds and cultures. They are neither universal nor easily shareable. — Luce Irigaray

The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources. — Brian Tracy

Know what you want, decide when you want it, figure your plan of action, follow through on it, and never doubt. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Don't worry," he smiled, pulling me into the hard warmth of his chest. "I've got you. I'll always catch you when you fall. — S.L. Jennings

Take on the challenge and find inspiration in the process. — Stefan Baumann

Being rational is extremely easy for those who try to recognize an absence of the soul. — Alpha Jan

Cops were distrustful; they always wanted to know why you decided to dig a hole in the middle of nowhere. — Lou Harper

Why did nature not ask my advice about my features? — Matthew Pearl