Josko Juvancic Quotes & Sayings

People are straightforward enough, on the whole, till one starts to look for crooked motives, and then, oh boy, how crooked can they be! — Mary Stewart

I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world. — Neill Blomkamp

In my art history degree course, we did a module on palimpsests - medieval sheets of parchment so costly that, once the text was no longer needed, the sheets were simply scraped clean and reused, leaving the old writing faintly visible through the new. Later, Renaissance artists used the word pentimenti, repentances, to describe mistakes or alterations that were covered with new paint, only to be revealed years or even centuries later as the paint thinned with time, leaving both the original and the revision on view.

Sometimes I have a sense that this house - our relationship in it, with it, with each other - is like a palimpsest or pentimento, that however much we try to overpaint Emma Matthews, she keeps tiptoeing back: a faint image, an enigmatic smile, stealing its way into the corner of the frame. — J.P. Delaney

What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless? — Khalil Gibran

As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years. — Elizabeth Kolbert

The first person you have to resurrect is yourself — The RZA

Go find yourself first so you can also find me. — Jalaluddin Rumi

Around the world, we see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Protecting the world's forests; stemming desertification and erosion; avoiding the spread of toxic substances harmful to man, animals and plants; protecting the atmosphere; all these can be accomplished only through active and wise cooperation, without borders or political power plays. — Pope John Paul II

I would like a window seat," I said, imagining the stars streaming by. — Ken Liu

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales. — Paul Simon