Hackerspaces Near Quotes & Sayings

In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery ... To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace. — Tacitus

At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. By day, it doesn't look like a city at all. The trees out-number the houses. And that's completely typical of Seattle. You can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back? — Jonathan Raban

Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful. — John Dewey

Life, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self-compassion. — George Gissing

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover
but will sooner or later find a tyrant. — George Gordon Byron

The received wisdom is that risk increases in the recession and falls in booms. In contrast, it may be more helpful to think of risk as increasing during upswings, as financial imbalances build up, and materializing in recessions. — Andrew Crockett

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting. — Katherine Paterson

Everything is rated.maintain high rating in life — Ikechukwu Joseph

When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability. — Wangari Maathai

She was a collector of reflections looking for souls that could see deeply inside her soul. — Shannon L. Alder

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others. — Warren Bennis

Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a story before taking a single breath. — Ted Dekker