Mapassapo Quotes & Sayings

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist? — Don DeLillo

I'm wondering how many more mistakes I'll have to make before things finally fall into place. If they ever will. — Tahereh Mafi

[Judaism is] ever ... mighty in wickedness ... when it cursed Moses; when it hated God; when it vowed its sons to demons; when it killed the prophets, and finally when it betrayed to the Praetor and crucified our God Himself and Lord ... And so glorying through all its existence in iniquity. — Hilary Of Poitiers

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs. — A.S. Byatt

In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio. — Kabir Bedi

You can be saved without suffering, but you cannot be sanctified without suffering. That doesn't mean you seek it out, but it does mean you see it for what it is. It's an opportunity to glorify God. — Mark Batterson

The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own. — Richard Bach

If one chooses sides on emotion then the rebel is the guy to go with. He is fighting for everything men claim to honour, freedom, independance, truth, the right ... all the subjective illusions. All the eternal trigger words. We are minions of the villan of the piece. We confess the illusion and deny the substance. — Glen Cook

Victor Hugo famously said, "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. — Sanjay Khosla

A plot, I used to remind my students, is not merely a sequence of events: "A" followed by "B" followed by "C" followed by "D." Rather, it's a series of events linked by cause and effect: "A" causes "B," which causes "C," and so on. True, a person's (or a fictional character's) destiny may be more than the sum of his choices
fate and luck play a role as well
but only scientists (and not all of them) believe that free will is a sham. People in life
and therefore in fiction
must choose, and their choices must have meaningful consequences. Otherwise, there's no story. — Richard Russo

As an actor, you have to have your history. — Nora Dunn

Early on with Squeeze, we played the Hope & Anchor with U2. Three people turned up. Then two left. Then the last person left. That's the least-attended show I've ever done. — Jools Holland

Don't confuse humility with self-deprecation. — N.D. Walsch