Insufficiently Deferential Quotes & Sayings

He had a shaggy black dog whom he called Syntax. — Anton Chekhov

Nothing can so quickly put the masses on their legs as the spinning wheel and all it means. — Mahatma Gandhi

It is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art. — J. W. N. Sullivan

Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting. — Fred Savage

Ethically, what one generation tolerates the next may treat as normal. — Mal Fletcher

There are no interesting stories in these parts, just weary, never-ending tales of tragedy and woe. And toothlessness. — Mia Sheridan

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere. — Robert Charles Wilson

Stop messing about and get back to writing. — Craig Allan Teich