Leviatan Quotes & Sayings

I don't like live television, the only tip I have is just pray. — Lana Del Rey

It would be easier to screw up American Express than Coke or Gillette, but it's an immensely strong business. — Charlie Munger

But she knows she has a curse on her,
a curse she cannot win.
For if someone gets too close to her,
the pins stick further in. — Tim Burton

Many criminologists believe that the source of the state's pacifying effect isn't just its brute coercive power but the trust it commands among the populace. After all, no state can post an informant in every pub and farmhouse to monitor breaches of the law, and those that try are totalitarian dictatorships that rule by fear, not civilized societies where people coexist through self-control and empathy. A Leviathan can civilize a society only when the citizens feel that its laws, law enforcement, and other social arrangements are legitimate, so that they don't fall back on their worst impulses as soon as Leviathan's back is turned. — Steven Pinker

Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct some who thought that infants ought not be baptized before the eighth day after their birth ... He agreed with certain of his fellow bishops that a child is able to be duly baptized as soon as he is born. — Saint Augustine

I still cherish the memory of walking into the Parliament for the first time. — Preneet Kaur

Everyone in the top of their fields is pouring everything they have into this, which is why it was such a massive undertaking and why filming was extended. It's not because things are going badly. It's because they're so massive and it's so complicated and we want to get it right. We're not just phoning it in. We're taking our time with it because it's really important. — Evan Rachel Wood

You don't want me. How could you? You know nothing about me. — Maya Banks

I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other. — Chris Martin

Never stop and never settle but settle down for the one who lets you draw cities on their skin with the tips of your fingers. — Pleasefindthis

Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstores and libraries is an obsession. And writing about this is an obsession. I think, in general, most collectors are obsessed. I think the only form of a rationalized greed is when you're collecting something you are supposedly serious about. — Ricky Jay

Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk. — Robin Roberts