Illichmanns Quotes & Sayings

I am always and at once on the defensive, for example, when people speak of races and nations as if they were personalities and had souls and destinies and such like. — Christopher Hitchens

Men think it is philanthropy to give away sex. — Girdhar Joshi

The end of the world started when a Pegasus landed on the hood of my car. — Rick Riordan

Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the kind of commitment made manifest by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nevertheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love. — Terry Eagleton

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination. — Dan Colen

Calming ain't curing, is it, girl?" the woman asked aloud. "Keeping you hushed might keep me out of jail, but sure as the world, calming ain't curing. — Jonathan Odell

I ran the effort to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York City. We lost - on a global scale. To my surprise, life went on, and I learnt that nobody cares about your failures as much as you do. — Daniel L. Doctoroff

If science were nothing more than the best means of teaching the love of the simple fact, the indispensable need of verification, of careful and accurate observation and statement, its value would be of the highest order. — John Lancaster Spalding

The prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death which precedes the actual physical one. — Tom Hanks

Today we have more knowledge than at any other time in history. In seconds our laptops or PCs can call up information about a topic that would have taken years to collect. Young people graduate with more knowledge than ever before - but in spite of their knowledge, they are confused, bewildered, frustrated, and without moral moorings. — Billy Graham

Through your actions here today - you have made humankind obsolete. — Daniel H. Wilson

Congrats, bro. You've just sold your soul to the devil. Wait. You don't have a soul. — Jayde Scott

Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery. — Richard Feynman

Apple CEO Steve Jobs used to talk about a phenomenon called a "bozo explosion," by which a company's mediocre early hires rise up through the ranks and end up running departments. The bozos now must hire other people, and of course they prefer to hire bozos. — Dan Lyons