Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz Quotes & Sayings

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. — James Agate

It appears that the solution of the problem of time and space is reserved to philosophers who, like Leibniz, are mathematicians, or to mathematicians who, like Einstein, are philosophers. — Hans Reichenbach

Many of the enchanted things in the book are lamps, carpets, sofas, gems, brass rings. It is a rather different landscape than the fairy tale landscape of the West. Though we have interiors and palaces, we don't have bustling cities, and there isn't the emphasis on the artisan making things. The ambiance from which they were written was an entirely different one. The Arabian Nights comes out of a huge world of markets and trade. Cairo, Basra, Damascus: trades and skills. — Marina Warner

Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story. — Gail Carriger

Sylvie was surprised by the rabid patriotism of the women on the platform, surely war should make pacifists of all women? — Kate Atkinson

Belief. That's what I want for Christmas. Look it up. Maybe there's more meaning there than I understand. Maybe you could explain it to me? — David Levithan

There might be too many stairs to go up; ignore the stairs! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely. — Lionel Blue

It was colorful and elaborate - Kayla's website, not the puke — Robin Brande

By observing your judging mind, you can avoid automatically buying into these negative judgments...This transforms your experience of stress by taking the terror and panic out of it. — Melanie Greenberg

Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable. — Miguel

People. Falling for each others' pretensions, fakeness and whatever various faces they can put on to wear. And then they call it love. What a fantasy. What a blasphemy. Humanity bores me. — C. JoyBell C.

I would miss the horse. I've never liked walking. If God had meant man to walk he wouldn't have given us horses. Wonderful animals. I think of them as the word escape, covered in hair and with a leg at each corner. — Mark Lawrence