Joergen 2 Quotes & Sayings

I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically. — William H Gass

My father had the right idea. Begin from an assumption of insanity and then laugh, where possible. — Hanif Kureishi

They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker — Terry Pratchett

The patent system was established, I believe, to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded. ... The patent system protects the institutions which favor invention. — Ernst Alexanderson

I started out wanting to coach football. — Lee Majors

Man ... ninjas are kind of cool ... I just don't know any personally. — Kanye West

A bullet in the head will fix an incipient asthma attack every time. — Adrian McKinty

All of the advice that I give, I'm not an expert by any means, but it's just my opinion. So if somebody likes me or likes y style or my career, I think they should have that feeling. — Molly Ringwald

Three young cats with starlight in their eyes and the whisper of ancient wind in their fur.
-Rock, Cats of the Clans — Erin Hunter

Beijing's preferred method of control, in Russia as in Africa, has been legal contracts on terms advantageous to itself. — Timothy Snyder

The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions. — Meir Soloveichik

[A]nother thing about myths: they gather in and circumscribe their target audience. They make a collection into a collective. — Margaret Atwood

Live your life. It's an awful thing to miss someone who's still here. — Fredrik Backman

Cory wondered if maybe some people were better off dead. When you're dead you don't have to face the horrors of life, whether it's striving to be the best, dealing with something bad you or somebody else did, dealing with someone's death or anything. Most people, if not everyone, had a reason to die. Dead people can't even be upset about dying because they're dead. — Jesse Haubert