Escalier Interieur Quotes & Sayings

Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph. In other words it is necessary that he should have the mentality appropriate to a state of war. It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist. — George Orwell

licks donkey crotch, — Lindsay Buroker

Few if any political philosophers have had the courage of tackling the Cold War. Even the best of them have kept silent or have stated some bromides glossing over the serious shortcomings of "our" side, such as racism, social injustice, extreme income disparities, the exploitation of the Third World, and environmental degradation. — Mario Bunge

I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run. -Babe Ruth — Babe Ruth

Speculation is not knowledge. — Robert M. Price

Our fingernails match our toenails, match our lipstick match our rouge ... The habit of applying warpaint outlasts the battle. — Angela Carter

I deal with temptation by yielding to it. — Mark Twain

Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be confessed, grave and pompous vanity, Iike a fat plebeian in a rove of office, does very often assume its name. — Joanna Baillie

The average taxpayer in Germany or Japan pays less for the defense of his country than the average taxpayer in America pays for the defense of Germany or Japan. — David Bergland

Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else. — Raheel Farooq

I assure you I will not kill you," said Inigo.
"I know that," said Vimes. "But will you try? — Terry Pratchett

Meaning is not what you start with, but what you end up with. — Peter Elbow

Discovering your calling is not an epiphany but a series of intentional decisions. It looks less like a giant leap and more like building a bridge. — Jeff Goins