Massies Quotes & Sayings

... the cylinder itself has only just begun its revolutions ... as it gathers speed the objects grouped around its fulcrum assume, collectively ... no ... as it gathers speed the whole intricate system of cords, weights, metal spikes and rods, brass plates engraved with labyrinthine patterns, bricks, scraps of fabric, paper, canvas, unmarked sheets ... the entire elaborate network of components begins to shudder into wild spasmodic motion, rattling almost farcically within the framework of the machine. — Martin Vaughn-James

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities. — Juan Somavia

Sound is the most absorbent medium of all, soaking up histories and philosophical systems and physical surroundings and encoding them in something so slight as a single vocal quaver or icy harpsichord interjection. — Geoffrey O'Brien

I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did. — Kevyn Aucoin

What can one say about a country where a museum of science in a great city can feature an exhibit in which people fire machine guns from a helicopter at Vietnamese huts, with a light flashing when a hit is scored? What can one say about a country where such an idea can even be considered? You have to weep for this country. — Noam Chomsky

You can't keep counting forever — Haruki Murakami

N.Y. Chamber of Commerce Urges Passage of Silver For War Use. — Caryl Parker Haskins

For there were good men. As long as we women remembered to be strong. As long as we remembered to be ourselves — Mindy Klasky

Yeah, well, your people happen to be soul-sucking demons. (Wulf)
You ever met a banker or a lawyer? Tell me who's worse, my Urian or one of them? At least we need the food; they do it just for profit margins. (Phoebe) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. — G.K. Chesterton

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house. — Karen Walker

Sometimes you think in order to act, sometimes you act in order to think. — Lee S Shulman