Lo Back Traxx Quotes & Sayings

Men and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. — W.G. Sebald

In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I care little for titles assigned to men, rather I care about the spirit of men. — Paul Erik Van Schaick

It was all very isolating to think about, what people use to define themselves and their actions. And at the end of the day, did it make people feel better? Maybe it did. Maybe it gave them something to grasp at in the ambiguous vein of life on Earth. — Rhian J. Martin

You predicted quick victory. Now it's going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don't you know any better than that by now? — Jim Butcher

I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing. — Xander Berkeley

Good storytelling is humanity's great connector, and it just might keep the world from eating itself. — James Genn

I kissed him softly, savouring the feel of his lips, and I prayed that this wasn't the last time I got to speak to him, that this wasn't the last kiss we ever had. — Kirsty Moseley

Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves you feeling hungry for something flawed and of-the-flesh. — Jerry Saltz

You know why I think we still execute people? Because, even if we don't want to say it out loud-for the really heinous crimes, we want to know that there's a really heinous punishment. Simple as that. We want to bring society closer together-huddle and circle our wagons-and that means getting rid of people we think are incapable of learning a moral lesson. I guess the question is: Who gets to identify those people? And what if, God forbid, they got it wrong? — Jodi Picoult

I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down. — Ruth Rendell

A calling is that thing that you can't not do, an answer to the age-old question, "What should I do with my life? — Jeff Goins