Instrumented Protective Function Quotes & Sayings

Because we are always looking for the former world, before all the traces of the former world are gone. — Emily St. John Mandel

I became the burst shell of a mustard seed to dwell for an eye-blink amid a starburst galaxy of broken dreams. — David B. Lentz

Markets are not just about the steam engine, iron foundries, or today's silicon-chip factories. Markets also supported Shakespeare, Haydn, and the modern book superstore. The rise of oil painting, classical music, and print culture were all part of the same broad social and economic developments, namely the rise of capitalism, modern technology, rule of law, and consumer society. — Tyler Cowen

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person. — Steve Carell

But we wish to give the Jews a Homeland. Not by dragging them ruthlessly out of their sustaining soil, but rather by removing them carefully, roots and all, to a better terrain. — Theodor Herzl

Your soul is like the souls of a thousand monkeys on crack, all smushed together. — Sarah Rees Brennan

The actions of our closest friends say a lot about our character - what we overlook, what we contribute to and what is important to us when the world doesn't take notice. — Shannon L. Alder

I wrote a techno song after I was deported. I was in America for a little bit, but then I was deported back to Germany. I was very sad. — Flula Borg

It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing. — Lou Gramm

I've always thought that one of the things that the Internet and the gaming world permits as a narrative technique is to not tell the story from beginning to end - to tell stories sideways, to give alternative possibilities that the reader can, in a way, choose between. — Salman Rushdie

Over the years, I learned to smile or laugh when I was supposed to. I kept my true self hidden; I did not need to unleash my pain on the world around me. Instead, I taught myself to ignore it. I did not realize that the pain was eating away at my soul. — J.D. Stroube

In all things that you do, consider the end. — Solon

The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton