Joynture Quotes & Sayings

The way you get a better world is, you don't put up with substandard anything. — Joe Strummer

As I walked past I saw the extraordinary wreckage of beer-corpses. Somehow, despite all their economic mismanagement, these parties must have brought about an unexpected level of prosperity. Well, not having to wage war certainly saves the odd cost. Looking at the state of the Volk here, however, even the most deluded individual would have to admit than in 1942 or 1944, yes, even in the most harrowing nights of bombardment, the Germans were in better shape than on this September evening at the beginning of the third millennium. — Timur Vermes

Neuroanatomy, political history, and introspection all offer evidence that human beings are quite capable of resisting the urge to surrender to every impulse of reptilian core of brain. — Carl Sagan

Whatever the unknown in Europe, it had to be better than the known in a small town, where truth was hidden behind smiles, pleasantries, and an abundance of stretch lace at weddings. Whatever, the yet-to-be-written truth about her own life, it seemed certain to be waiting elsewhere on a blank page, somewhere people made no attempt to predict the future based upon a person's past.
Quote from: A Summer Abroad, Mrs. Duchesney's First Real Mystery
c. 2013 Peggy Kopman-Owens — Peggy Kopman-Owens

Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity. — Pierre Bourdieu

God has given you talents and opportunities. Seize them today
not tomorrow. — Laura Story

In their natural habitats some of these species may be, like the golden-fronted bowerbird, easy to locate and observe but may nevertheless trick the biologist into treating them as "common" when they are really just "obvious," an important distinction. — Eric Dinerstein

A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child. — Jean Ziegler

I use an IBM Thinkpad. I just use it like a typewriter, but when I started using it in 1987, I thought I won't be able to write anymore, so I thought I'd go back to the typewriter. But you couldn't go back to the typewriter after using the computer. — Joan Didion

In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries. — Charles Darwin

So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people. — Sean Hayes