Insectarium New Orleans Quotes & Sayings

The demons? How many are there?"
"More than even you could handle."
"So, then, there're two? — Darynda Jones

Literature for me ... tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories, e.g., the Jews killed Jesus.) I follow Sartre that the freedom the author claims for herself must be shared with the reader. So that would mean that literature is stories that put themselves at the disposal of readers who want to heal themselves. Their healing power lies in their honesty, the freshness of their vision, the new and unexpected things they show, the increase in power and responsibility they give the reader. — Geoff Ryman

Sir, winning is usually a matter of making one less mistake than the enemy or just getting up one more time than you get knocked down. — Jack Campbell

Breathe more. Bitch less. — Karen Salmansohn

Unlike his compatriots - many of whom were still, in their mid-twenties, adolescent posturers, doomed to futility - he had an engaging earnestness about him. Unlike them, he realized his incompleteness as a person and strove to overcome that.
One of the ways in which he did that was by reading. He didn't read much, or too widely, but attentively, looking for instruction, hints for self-improvement, and he read serious books. — Pankaj Mishra

So the gods," Moash said, nursing his own drink, "were pleased that you solved problems on your own ... by going to other gods and begging them for help instead?"
"Hush," Rock said. "Is good story. — Brandon Sanderson

If we are to seek a body of lore that truly manifests our Odinist heritage, we have to remain detached to the Christianized and mutilated sources that have been handed down to us. — The Norroena Society

The spirit of the woods is like an old good friend, makes me feel warm and good inside. I knew his name and it was good to see him again, cause in the wind he's still alive. — Ted Nugent

There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air. — Isaac Yeffet

It always seemed to me that men wore their beards, like they wear their neckties, for show. — D.H. Lawrence

A great pair of shoes can make a $20 outfit look like couture, and a poorly constructed pair of shoes can make couture look like a cheap knockoff. — Nina Garcia

I wouldn't say I've become more radical: I was born radical. — Ai Weiwei

Poetry is a finikin thing of air
That lives uncertainly and not for long
Yet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs. — Wallace Stevens

Given that self-improving strong AI cannot be recalled, Yudkowsky points out that we need to "get it right the first time," and that its initial design must have "zero nonrecoverable errors."45 — Ray Kurzweil

I swear to God, if you saw me when I am by myself in the woods, I'm a lunatic. I sing, I dance. — Chris Evans