Kettenbach Panasil Quotes & Sayings

People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour ... But you could easily say I am cheeky. — Waris Ahluwalia

Why am I compelled to write? ... Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and anger ... To become more intimate with myself and you. To discover myself, to preserve myself, to make myself, to achieve self-autonomy. To dispell the myths that I am a mad prophet or a poor suffering soul. To convince myself that I am worthy and that what I have to say is not a pile of shit ... Finally I write because I'm scared of writing, but I'm more scared of not writing. — Gloria E. Anzaldua

The fundamental peculiarity of the photographic medium; the physical objects themselves print their image by means of the optical and chemical action of light. — Rudolf Arnheim

It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct. — Michio Kaku

Compressed into boxes, packed in sawdust, ... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams ... — Mary Roach

I feel like i am parked diagonally in a parallel universe — Anonymous

Its so painful to think, and tell me what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever get me? — Jonathan Safran Foer

Does a man who makes his observations while he himself is a prisoner possess the necessary detachment? Such detachment is granted to the outsider, but he is too far removed to make any statements of real value. Only the man inside knows. His judgments may not be objective; his evaluations may be out of proportion. This is inevitable. An attempt must be made to avoid any personal bias, and that is the real difficulty ... — Viktor E. Frankl

It's all about the pain, isn't it? — Jennifer Donnelly

In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge. — Philip Sidney

Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life. — Ben Sweetland

Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use political practice as an intensifier of thought, and analysis as a multiplier of the forms and domains for the intervention of political action. — Michel Foucault

Life ain't for sissies, as Augustus might have said. — Larry McMurtry

The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work. — Daniel H. Pink

Typography is two-dimensional architecture, based on experience and imagination, and guided by rules and readability. — Hermann Zapf