Hesses Quotes & Sayings

The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable final offer from the opponent, yet is not so outlandish as to be seen as illegitimate from the start. — Robert B. Cialdini

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) sees U.S. battle networks - "which rely heavily on satellites and the Internet to identify targets, coordinate attacks, guide 'smart bombs' and more" - as its "Achilles' heel. — Robert D. Kaplan

I shall discuss the broad patterns of hominoid evolution, an exercise made enjoyable by the need to integrate diverse kinds of information, and use that as a vehicle to speculate about hominoid origins, an event for which there is no recognized fossil record. Hence, an opportunity to exercise some imagination. — David Pilbeam

Love can only consist in failure ... on the fallacious assumption that it is a relationship. But it is not. It is a production of truth. — Alain Badiou

Note to self: If you're trying not to have kids, don't marry a lady who is the Titan of motherhood. — Rick Riordan

I couldn't toast a piece of bread with the amount of heat they were putting on you — Jessica Lange

But something happens when every person you meet dies withing days of tour meeting them: You start being a lot less picky about who you hang out with. You can overlook a lot of flaws. And you let go of a lot of personal hangups, like the big lie that having your insides turn to soup doesn't scare the living shit out of you. — Rick Yancey

Weird is just a side-effect of being awesome! — Jean Gilbert

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state. — George W. Bush

Out of all the things in the world to emulate an ostrich isn't one of them. — Guy S. Stanton III

One of finest evocations of life in Western America in recent memory ... Powerful and profoundly moving. — William Kittredge