Ktelkorinthias Quotes & Sayings

General" stands here for the individual who goes into action, whether freely or forcedly. Since anarchy offers him an especially favorable charge, this type is permanent today. Thus, "general" has a universal rather than a special meaning. It can be replaced ad libitum. It refers not to a profession but to a condition. The latter may also crop up in a coolie, in which case it is particularly effective. — Ernst Junger

Peter was the current someone she used to keep from relying on herself, the crutch to hold on to, to promise herself that if she only had him to love, she would have it all come together. Why did she keep throwing men up as smoke screens between herself and herself? — Barbara Howar

I'm mad at you because...I don't know why. I just am. — Lorelei James

One day a man invited him into a richly furnished house, saying 'be careful not to spit on the floor.' Diogenes, who needed to spit, spat in his face, exclaiming that it was the only dirty place he could find where spitting was permitted. — Diogenes Laertius

All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain. — Annie Dillard

The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother. — G.K. Chesterton

A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged; what burden then? — John Milton

That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. — Martial

In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter. — Alan Perlis

I used to be afraid of pain, didn't take a lot of risks, especially in love. I'm not as afraid anymore. I'm more spontaneous, more likely to say what I think. — Melody Beattie

The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings ... — Friedrich Nietzsche

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor. — Thomas Paine