Lessiter Quotes & Sayings

The morning's recollection of the emptiness of the day before. Its anticipation of the emptiness of the day to come. — David Markson

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people. — Louis Antoine De Saint-Just

I see your picture and in that picture I didn't see you. — Santosh Kalwar

As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise - security, quality and worms. — Ben Horowitz

Love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence. — Ann Radcliffe

In recent decades we have emphasized the value of teaching people 'tolerance.' Tolerance is not only inadequate, it is a negative concept which only alienates society further. Learning to tolerate absolves people of the responsibility of learning to understand different people, accept and appreciate their differences, and progress towards respecting them for who and what they are. It is only when we build acceptance between people that we will rid ourselves of the scourge of prejudice and liberate ourselves from violence. — Arun Gandhi

I only want power so I can get books. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

The more history I learnt, the less interested I got in winning arguments and the more interested in establishing the truth. — Hilary Mantel

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others. — Lord Byron

The largest two books I've ever read more than once are 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens and 'The Stand' by Stephen King, about 1,200 pages each. — Simon Toyne

Police and prosecutors did not declare the War on Drugs - and some initially opposed it - but once the financial incentives for waging the war became too attractive to ignore, law enforcement agencies had to ask themselves, if we're going to wage this war, where should it be fought and who should be taken prisoner? — Michelle Alexander

Is America becoming decadent? Do we no longer regard our promises and pledges as sacred? ... We promised to make peace with Germany only in conjunction with the Allies; but we brought forward a separate peace, demanding for ourselves all the advantages of the Treaty of Versailles but rejecting all the responsibilities embodied in the Treaty. It was America's President who induced Europe to form a League of Nations; and then America was the first country that refused to joint it ... If these are not the symptoms of national decadency, what are they? — B.C. Forbes

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. — G.K. Chesterton