Fabula Quotes & Sayings

On the one hand we need the image of "the text" in order to focus on anything at all; on the other hand we use the metaphor of "reading" to signal that our apprehension of a text will always be partial, that we never quite reach the "text itself," a realization that has led certain critics to question the very existence of such an object. — Espen J. Aarseth

God your love is so precious! You
protect people in the shadow of your
wings. Psalms 36:7 — Anonymous

I quickly learned that the illusion of appearance will always outweigh the truth of what's really inside. — Carian Cole

There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature. — Jeff Greenfield

People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays. — Samantha Shannon

Quid rides? Mutato nomine et de te fabula narrator. [Why do you laugh ? Change only the name and this story is about you.] — Horace

We have to claim anarchy and realize that systems have a life of their own that is anti-humanist. There is definitely an anti-humanist tendency in all systems. — Terence McKenna

Believers are right when they say that to understand a religion properly you need to get under its skin. But to understand it fully, you cannot stay there: you have to take a more objective view, too. — Julian Baggini

Men for whom reason begins with the Revival of Learning, men for whom religion begins with the Reformation, can never give a complete account of anything, for they have to start with institutions whose origin they cannot explain, or generally even imagine. — G.K. Chesterton

Determination is like a muscle. If you do not use it regularly, it fades away. — Lynn Jennings

FABULA and SYUZHET. As defined by the film historian and theorist David Bordwell, the syuzhet is essentially the film's plot - it's the specific ordering of narrative elements within the film. The fabula, however, is more than simply the story being told; it's the story that each of us constructs as we watch and hear the syuzhet unfold. It's all the story material presented by the filmmaker, but it's also the story material and associations we bring to the film as individuals - the stories we tell ourselves based on the stories we are being told. — Ed Sikov

These stewards of the company way are the intellectual and emotional foundation of the organization. — Reid Hoffman

There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a way of living has been devised capable of maintaining itself. — George Santayana

I have the most fun snowboarding when it's just me and my brother. — Shaun White

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.] — Ovid

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith

You are who Google says you are — David Newman