Gatecrasher Classics Quotes & Sayings

A police state is a country run by criminals — Robert Harris

An ugly blue- steeled Mauser leaped into his hand as his finger curled hungrily around its trigger. — Richard Sale

I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill. — Calvin Klein

From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion. — Michel De Montaigne

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much. — Whitfield Diffie

Recall the old story of the rather refined young man who preferred sex dreams to visiting brothels because he met a much nicer type of girl that way. — Vivian Mercier

The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives. — A.E. Samaan

Many Hollywoodians may have good taste and an interest in culture but they certainly hide it. They're afraid they'll be branded as sissies if someone finds out they write poetry or own a painting. They're so timid about culture. — Vincent Price

One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy's information, political postures - dozens, literally dozens of factors. — Joe Haldeman

The ruin of Paganism, in the age of Theodosius, is perhaps the only example of the total extirpation of any ancient and popular superstition; and may therefore deserve to be considered, as a singular event in the history of the human mind. — Edward Gibbon

The core of science is not controlled experiment or mathetical modeling; it is intellectual honesty. It is time we acknowledge a basic feature of human discourse: when considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. — Sam Harris

In marketing, the familiar is everything. — Nicolas Roeg

I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance. — Pat Boone

I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge. — Sarah Parcak

And then, inside me, the axis of time gave one great heave. — Haruki Murakami