Jortinfo Quotes & Sayings

If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government, then they must accept a greater degree of authoritarianism. I suspect that the real answer is that most people prefer the latter so long, that is, as government's decisions conform with their own views. — John James Cowperthwaite

Do you not think that God will protect us?"
"No," he said flatly. "My experience is that He rarely attends to the obvious. — Philippa Gregory

Look, how they scold me for all my loving and tippling, now that the silvery edges shine forth from my brow! — Abu Yahya Al-Libi

And even later, when for the first time in her life she had lain in bed with a man and said his name involuntarily or said it truly meaning him, the name she was screaming and saying was not his at all. — Toni Morrison

More than developing confidence in the reliability of new energy technologies, and even more of a challenge than the admittedly complex task of designing and constructing an infrastructure that will allow consumer access to them, what stands in the way of our apparent will to wean ourselves from conventional energy sources is the reluctance to wean ourselves from old ways of thinking. — Jane Hoffman

In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before. — Tim Rice

Magic must have meaning to hold power. You must believe in your
magic or it is useless. Focus is the key. Focus your mind and your spirit.
You must have a strong will to do what you must. Doubt causes weakness.
Weakness causes doubt. Fear cripples us. Believe in your power and you
will become powerful. — Cynthia Stacey

As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions, and by far - much greater than Hell, the radio or the bichloride tablet. — H.L. Mencken

I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what. — Lena Headey

Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes. — Anthony Burgess