Esternizomai Quotes & Sayings

We have sealed ourselves away behind our money, growing inward, generating a seamless universe of self. — William Gibson

And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?'
Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one in twenty viewers actually had a bad reaction. And it was mostly kids who were affected. I mean younger than you guys. I think the average age was about ten.'
That made me feel somewhat better.
But that was a kid's show,' said Jen. 'Maybe it affects everyone, but not that many adults were watching.'
That made me feel less better. I wanted my protective bangs back. — Scott Westerfeld

I'm a real rebel with a cause. — Nina Simone

Prayer is the way we write the future. — Mark Batterson

Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure. — Jane Austen

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object. — Yoko Ono

The best part of learning is sharing what you know. — Vaughn K. Lauer

It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator. — Mahatma Gandhi

A prominent citizen in a small city State, such as Athens or Florence, could without difficulty feel himself important. The earth was the center of the Universe, man was the purpose of creation, his own city showed man at his best, and he himself was among the best of his own city. In such circumstances Aeschylus or Dante could take his own joys or sorrows seriously. He could feel that the emotions of the individual matter, and that tragic occurrences deserve to be celebrated in immortal verse. But the modern man, when misfortune assails him, is conscious of himself as a unit in a statistical total; the past and the future stretch before him in a dreary procession of trivial defeats. Man himself appears as a somewhat ridiculous strutting animal, shouting and fussing during a brief interlude between infinite silences. — Bertrand Russell

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it. — Ellen Willis

You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn't get found. It emerges. — Reid Hoffman

When I'm a blonde, I can say the world is purple, and they'll believe me because they weren't listening to me. — Kylie Bax

... I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they're lies of character. Sometimes they are lies of writing the most beautiful sentence in the world that has nothing to do with the story. — Grace Paley