Huxleyan World Quotes & Sayings

In the middle of nowhere, a trunk heavy with gold is a burden, not treasure. — A. J. Gallant

The antidote to exhaustion isn't rest.
It's wholeheartedness. — David Whyte

I had been a fan of the show [Flash] for many years, had auditioned several times, and knew it was coming towards the end of its run. I was just crossing my fingers and hoping that something worked out. It was such a dream come true. — Danielle Panabaker

What we are confronted with now is the problem posed by the economic and symbolic structure of television. Those who run television do not limit our access to information but in fact widen it. Our Ministry of Culture is Huxleyan, not Orwellian. It does everything possible to encourage us to watch continuously. But what we watch is a medium which presents information in a form that renders it simplistic, nonsubstantive, nonhistorical and noncontextual; that is to say, information packaged as entertainment. In America, we are never denied the opportunity to entertain ourselves. — Neil Postman

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane. — Rosie O'Donnell

Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery. — C.S. Lewis

Boring people stay alive. Aunt Eda said. — Matt Haig

That i'm awesome — Me

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate. — Martin Lawrence

Lies so convincingly you'd swear they were telling the — Abigail Strom

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war. — Okakura Kakuzo

The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic. — Albert Schweitzer

So, Angel?" I said, looking over at her. She was gliding through the night, her eight-foot wings looking like a dove's. "Have you picked up anything from Anne, about anything? Anything off?"
Not really." Angel thought. "From what I can tell, she does work for the FBI. She does care about us and wants us to be happy. She thinks the boys are slobs.
I'm blind," Iggy said irritably. "How am I supposed to make everything all tidy?"
Yeah, because you're so handicapped," I said sarcastically. "Like- you can't build bombs or cook or win at Monopoly. You can't tell us apart by the feel of our skin or feathers. — James Patterson