Linnartz Associates Quotes & Sayings

That may not be a simple conversation. But when you are dealing with root causes, at least you know you are fighting the real problem and not just boxing with shadows. — Steven D. Levitt

I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them. — Daniel Handler

The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont to seek a voluntary death rather than yield, blew up their ship when they saw resistance useless'. Blowing up their ships, or at least threatening to do so, would become standard pirate practice. — Peter Earle

There are always struggles in writing. Anyone who denies this is either lying to themselves or you. Or they're not faithful to their audience. — Phoenix Elvis Nicholson

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

No Man Is An Island; Every Book Is A World. — Gabrielle Zevin

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. — Sarah Jessica Parker

As an act recedes into the past and becomes imbedded in the network of one's individuality it seems more and more a product of fate - - inevitable. However, an act in the immediate present seems to be more a product of free will. — Sylvia Plath

Christianity and communism cannot be reconciled;
they are opposing systems. — Frederick Nymeyer

Experiment participants asked to pick which politician looked more confident in a photograph picked the winner of the race two thirds of the time. This phenomenon held up even when they only glimpsed the photographs for a 10th of a second. — Jonathan Haidt

The medical establishment has become the major threat to health. — Ivan Illich

That a universe exists within every human being. That to the blood cells and organs in your body, you are god. That this universe is only one individual among infinite others. — Peter Tieryas

Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous. — Noam Chomsky

You got all that from how they are looking at each other?" Ryder questioned.
I glanced at him. "You didn't get that from how they're lookin' at each other?"
He rubbed his temples. "This is a woman thing."
"A woman thing?"
"Yeah," Ryder said. "You all have a sixth sense about shit like this so I'm just rolling with it."
I snorted. "That's the smartest thing you've said all day. — L.A. Casey

You belong to me and I protect what's mine. Understand?" ~His Human Slave — Renee Rose