Excellence Isla Quotes & Sayings

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered. — Phoebe Philo

DOGMA: a political belief one is unreasonably committed to, such as the notion that freedom is good and slavery is bad.
BIAS: predeliction for a particular dogma. For example, the feminist bias is that women are equal to men and the male chauvinist bias is that women are inferior. The unbiased view is that the truth lies somewhere in between.
(an early comment on backlash, from "Glossary for the Eighties") — Ellen Willis

I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday! — Akshay Kumar

Concentrate and think upon the problem in mind until a satisfactory conclusion is reached, and then finally go ahead. If you have made a mistake, all right. Never find fault with a man because he has made a mistake. It is only a fool that makes the same mistake the second time. — Charles M. Schwab

If you threw your shoe to someone's head, you spread your own stench." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You — Angelica Hopes

The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry. — Erik Parker

I remember still how full of bad magic all those spearpoints to be put on the ends of rifles seemed to be. One was like a sharpened curtain rod. Another was triangular in cross-section, so that the wound it made wouldn't close up again and keep the blood and guts from falling out. Another one had sawteeth - so it could work its way through bone, I guess. I can remember thinking that war was so horrible that, at last, thank goodness, nobody could ever be fooled by romantic pictures and fiction and history into marching to war again.
Nowadays, of course, you can buy a machine gun with a plastic bayonet for your little kid at the nearest toy boutique. — Kurt Vonnegut

Neuroscientists rarely have to grapple with the issue of presentism versus existentialism. But in practice, neuroscientists are implicitly presentists. They view the past, present, and future as fundamentally distinct, as the brain makes decisions in the present, based on the memories of the past, to enhance our well being in the future. But despite its intuitive appeal, presentism is the underdog theory in physics and philosophy. — Dean Buonomano

Just remember when temptation comes your way that a boy will drink beyond his means and a man will know when he's had enough." "Yes, — Elizabeth Chadwick

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die. — Tom Waits

Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference. So, — Jared Diamond

There was no safe place in all the world for me. My stomach was filled with ice water. Hearing Domini was the final straw. Something in me broke. All the King's horses and all the King's men would never be able to put me back together again. — Damien Echols

My sweet spot is figuring out how to make a product that people love and how to refine it to make them love it more. All the rest is business noise. — Nolan Bushnell

It is the immutable law that the more you give away, the more you receive. You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. — Thomas S. Monson