Marcionism Quotes & Sayings

What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people's constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to. — Clifford Geertz

I had already taken a step toward their house, but then Father said, 'No, not there. They're hiding Jews.'"
Christ!" exclaimed Anton, slapping his forehead. — Harry Mulisch

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval. — Spike Lee

In work, do what you enjoy. — Laozi

It had changed to hate. The hate that she prayed for Jesus to take away. But it was also part of what had kept her going so how could she do without it now? That kind of hate is a species of animated scrap metal. Rusting,
corroding inside, leaching into the vital organs. — Ann-Marie MacDonald

Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love. — Moses Ibn Ezra

We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels. — Elvis Costello

There were actually times where I thought, 'Do people even remember us? Are people gonna be interested in hearing what we put out next?'And, you know, there were times I felt like, 'Are there going to be people out there waiting for this record?'. So we kind of live in a bubble, in a sense. We're very closed off to that whole world of thinking about those kinds of things. — Ray Toro

And these years later, when I think of that essay, what I remember most is not the moment I saw my work in New Yorker font, not when I saw the illustration of my father, not the congratulatory phone calls and notes that followed, but that predawn morning in my bedroom, at my desk, the lights of cars below on Broadway, my computer screen glowing in the dark. — Dani Shapiro

The thin man had a tight voice that expected to be lied to. (The King in Yellow) — Raymond Chandler

When I learned how to calculate, I stopped counting. When I learned how to smile, I stopped being afraid. When I learned to understand what my cowardice wants from me, I stopped retreating. — Angelos Michalopoulos

Hell is in us, like a seed. We need to cultivate the positive within us so we can generate the energy of understanding and compassion and transform hell. — Thich Nhat Hanh

It's a kind of liberation to break free in language, if you can break free, but it's also a confinement, because form confines you - whatever the form. — Gerald Stern

I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines. — Imelda May

I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way. — C. G. Jung