Eyond Scared Quotes & Sayings

Civilizations do fail. We have never seen one that hasn't. The difference is that the torch of progress has, in the past, always passed to another region of the world. But we now for the first time have a single, global civilization. If it fails, we all fail together. — John Brockman

Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark. — Christian Nestell Bovee

You're not going to do this forever. There's a finite amount of time you're going to be doing this. Do this really, really well. And if you do this really, really well, everybody will see that, and they'll move you onto the next thing. And you do that well, and then you'll move. — Gene Ross

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred. — Ralph Peters

Our habitual metaphors and analogies might be chains that bind us, that restrict our thought processes. But if so, the theory itself suggests an interesting solution: consciously seeking different sensory-motor analogies in new ways may help us see the path, feel our way, or march to the beat of a different drummer, reaching new insights about even the largest problems that perplex us. — Jennifer M Groh

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity. — Sulak Sivaraksa

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. — Nelson Mandela