Giannopoulos Uoa Quotes & Sayings

Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors. — Stephen Covey

When you deal with human beings, never count on logic or consistency. — Brent Weeks

Moving stranger,
Does it really matter,
As long as you're not afraid to feel?
Touch me, hold me.
How my open arms ache!
Try to fall for me. — Kate Bush

When I make fun of you, I strike just the right note. When you make fun of me, you're an incredibly ungrateful asshole and you know why. — Alec Sulkin

And if I talk to him, I'll say something wrong, give something away. I can feel it coming, a betrayal of myself. — Margaret Atwood

Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And I have seen it only for an instant in the house of Elrond! Could I not have a sight of it again?"
Frodo looked up. His heart went suddenly cold. He caught the strange gleam in Boromir's eyes, yet his face was still kind and friendly. "It is best that it should lie hidden," he answered.
"As you wish. I care not." said Boromir. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well. — Alice McDermott

Change isn't always good. Sometimes changing things is a terrible mistake. — Bob Barker

... "Lived happily ever after," Natasha concluded, thinking back to that photograph. The woman who was well loved.
John's glare was withering. "Are you kidding me?" he said. "Who the hell gets to live happily ever after? — Jojo Moyes

Have I seen any plays that I've been in? Uh, you know, might be a little weird. — Paul Dano

If you believe [in God], your belief will kill your sinning, or else your sinning will kill your believing! — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We saw this cross-level coherence in the analysis of personality: If your lower-level traits match up with your coping mechanisms, which in turn are consistent with your life story, your personality is well integrated and you can get on with the business of living. When these levels do not cohere, you are likely to be torn by internal contradictions and neurotic conflicts.34 You might need adversity to knock yourself into alignment. And if you do achieve coherence, the moment when things come together may be one of the most profound of your life. Like the moviegoer who later finds out what she missed in the first half hour, your life will suddenly make more sense. Finding coherence across levels feels like enlightenment,35 and it is crucial for answering the question of purpose within life. — Jonathan Haidt

Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an hour later in walks Django with an entourage of friends. He always traveled with a large group-carried his own admirers with him, the most sinister-looking bunch of hoodlums you've ever seen. I walked up and offered to buy him a drink. That seemed to be the right thing to do ... he was the first really brilliant solo guitarist I ever became aware of, I had records of his when I was 10 years old. It just blew my mind that anyone could play a guitar like that. Still does. — Charlie Byrd

It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say. — David Levithan

An interesting journey never follows a straight path — Marjan Van Den Belt