Gwnyc Quotes & Sayings

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom. — Robert Hall

Ankh-Morpork is a godless city
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'I thought it had more than three hundred places of worship?' said Maladict.
Strappi stared at him in rage that was incoherent until he managed to touch bottom again. 'Ankh-Morpork is a godawful city', he recovered. — Terry Pratchett

First Principle of Biocentrism: What we perceive as reality is a process that involves our consciousness. Second Principle of Biocentrism: Our external and internal perceptions are inextricably intertwined. They are different sides of the same coin and cannot be separated. — Robert Lanza

I was pretty obnoxious as a kid. — Lorelei Linklater

Recalling vividly the love scene I had just witnessed. How much I had been cheated! How much of what should be every woman's was not mine and — V.C. Andrews

(The Hellenistic Age begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends in 30 BC, with the death of Cleopatra. It has been perhaps best defined as a Greek era in which the Greeks played no role.) — Stacy Schiff

The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values and our sense of the meaning of existence. — Alain De Botton

I don't feel so strongly against remakes, but if I don't like it, I guess I just don't do it. It is what it is. Hollywood is driven by the financial system, so if they think that it has a brand and people are going to go see it because it's a recognizable property, they're going to remake it. — James Wan

Searching for truth without skepticism, is like having sex without a genital. — Abhijit Naskar

There is very little difference between one man and another; but what little there is, is very important. — Jonathan Gottschall

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel

The idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. — Donna Tartt

I was one of those kids who thought I could be the president of England when I grew up if I wanted to. Then I started acting and realized life is hard and people are mean. And there's no president of England and I'm not British. — Riley Keough

Expect nothing and you don't need the courage to hope, nor the strength to withstand disappointment when nothing comes. — Glen Duncan

Utopianism's equality is intolerant of diversity, uniqueness, debate, etc., for utopianism's purpose requires a singular focus. There can be no competing voices or causes slowing or obstructing society's long and righteous march. Utopianism relies on deceit, propaganda, dependence, intimidation, and force. In its more aggressive state, as the malignancy of the enterprise becomes more painful and its impossibility more obvious, it incites violence inasmuch as avenues for free expression and civil dissent are cut off. Violence becomes the individual's primary recourse and the state's primary response. Ultimately, the only way out is the state's termination. — Mark R. Levin