Lermond Quotes & Sayings

Commenting on his "Tractatus"...It consists of two parts: the one written here plus all that I have not written. And it is precisely the 2nd part that is the important one. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in. — David Duchovny

As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do one thing or another, whose motivations could be speculated upon endlessly, and whose missing actions could be reconstructed and approximated based on assessments of prior and later behaviors. It was one of the hazards with working a fragmentary source base. You had little scraps, like puzzle pieces, and you could put them together as best you could. But no matter how faithful you tried to be to the historical record, there would always be that element of guesswork, of imagination, of (if we're being totally honest) fiction. — Lauren Willig

Over an extended period of time, if a culture does not entail any traditions ... if there are no values or if there is no awareness or social consciousness ... a heritage tradition can never be developed. — Narendra Modi

His voice promised that he would take care of her, and that a little later he would open up whole new worlds for her, unroll an endless succession of magnificent possibilities. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise. — David J. Schwartz

The tension between 'yes' and 'no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot', makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. — Anatole Broyard

I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects. — Philip Johnson

No one ever said, 'Be a doctor.' But because so many members of my extended family - aunts, uncles - were doctors, there was this expectation that I'd probably be a physician. — Elizabeth Blackburn

Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive. — David Sedaris

Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil. — Richard Land

There you are," he said when she bobbed up. "I was getting worried."
"What are you doing?"
"Waiting till you're ready to drown." He smiled and eased back down on the seat. "And then I'm going to save your life. Dan did it for Phoebe and I'm going to do it for you."
"Dan didn't try to murder her first!" she screamed.
"I go the extra mile. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips