Mbembe Time Quotes & Sayings

Quote of the day: (Opening chapter from, Heresy)

"He zaps from channel to channel, finally accepting to complete the job, bravely initiated by the alcohol, to further numb his tortured brain, and watch an emission, perfectly tailored for the degenerated masses, cynically named, 'Switzerland has talent — Gary Edward Gedall

How this is possible is, first, by being, literally, several in a single body. "We are twelve in my body. We are packed like sardines." In other words, the being that I am exists each time in several modes - or, let us say, several beings, which, although sometimes mutually exclusive, are nevertheless inside one another. — Achille Mbembe

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world. — Steve Case

Why is it people will complain, when they have an open door, where they can walk out to and gaze the stars; rather than having a closed door to lock them in? — Anthony Liccione

When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. But once you hit twenty, you're just a normal person. — Masahiro Yokotani

As far as he could see, bare skeletal branches clawed at the sky in supplication as if pleading their gods for forgiveness for their sins. He grunted softly. Don't hold your breath. — Pete Kahle

Interior liberty is universal. — Krzysztof Kieslowski

I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down. — Laurie Halse Anderson

To create is, first and foremost, to create time. — Achille Mbembe