Etsi Standards Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes the constraints that we live with, and presume are the same for everything, are really only functions of the scale in which we operate. — Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

Revenge is the capitalism of the poor: conserve the original wound, defer immediate gratification, fatten the first insult with new insults, invest and reinvest spite, and ke waiting for the perfect moment to strike back. — Aravind Adiga

This witch had been crafted from the darkness between the stars. — Sarah J. Maas

A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Whoever becomes master of a city accustomed to live in freedom and does no destroy it, may reckon on being destroyed by it. For if it should rebel, it can always screen itself under the name of liberty and its ancient laws, which no length of time, nor any benefit conferred will ever cause it to forget; and do what you will, and take what care you may, unless the inhabitants be scattered and dispersed, this name, and the old order of things, will never cease to be remembered ... — Niccolo Machiavelli

A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos. — Benjamin Hart

Art should grasp the mind the way the vagina grasps the penis-Marcel Duchamp — Alice Goldfarb Marquis

Wear an unusual accessory to complete your outfit. — Chelsea Leyland

No stonger allies no greater friends no bigger fighters of honor could a king behould then these assembled afore me mine brothers mine blood — J.R. Ward

When the archeologists find this place they'll destroy history. Mankind will attempt to bury this information but we will ensure there is a leak. Intel this valuable makes insignificant fame starved humans grand masters of legend.Secrets are best retold to hungry ears. — Poppet

The least favorite students were the non-conformists who made up their own rules. Teachers tend to discriminate against highly creative students, labeling them as troublemakers. In — Adam M. Grant

There's two types of people on this great Earth, the Doers and the Dreamers and they share one thing in common: Dreams. The dreamers demonstrates the ability to have an imagination.
The doers follows through their ability to fulfill their destiny through patience and perseverance. — Jes Fuhrmann

It is discouraging to leave the past behind only to see it coming toward you like the thunderstorm which drenched you yesterday. — William H Gass