Konrad Zuse Famous Quotes & Sayings

The cry: Audacity! is a Fiat lux. It is necessary, for the sake of the forward march of the human race, that there should be proud lessons of courage permanently on the heights. Daring deeds dazzle history and are one of man's great sources of light. The dawn dares when it rises. To attempt, to brave, to persist, to persevere, to be faithful to one's self, to grasp fate bodily, to astound catastrophe by the small amount of fear that it occasions us, now to affront unjust power, again to insult drunken victory, to hold one's position, to stand one's ground; that is the example which nations need, that is the light which electrifies them. The same formidable lightning proceeds from the torch of Prometheus to Cambronne's short pipe. — Victor Hugo

I would suggest that a feminism which does not also seek to alter the exploitation of poorer women is not feminism at all, but is simply a varient for of upper-class politics & self-privileging. — Jack D. Forbes

If you want to shine over the world, first let the wisdom shines over you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty. — Elizabeth Edwards

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. — Ariwara No Narihira

Propulsion, spewing out smoke, and three-wheeler taxis, — Edmund De Waal

I didn't go to prom because I was too punk. — Shamir

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing. — Michael Shannon

Some people never changed, could always be depended on to be exactly the way they should. — Jessica Khoury

Even light, which travels so fast that it takes most races thousands of years to realize that it travels at all, takes time to journey between the stars. — Douglas Adams

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day. — Edward Carpenter

What's the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile. — George Henry Powell

Joy:show joy & enjoy: then others will be joyful. — Sylvia Plath