Moire Silk Quotes & Sayings

I see." said the vampire thoughtfully. — Anne Rice

Philosopher Jean Baudrillard made a similar observation about the use of material goods as symbols of immaterial values. He noted that any given material object has two kinds of value: it has use value (the amount of utility which can be derived from the good), and it has sign value (a value based on what the object means to the person who owns it.) Advertisers constantly attempt to increase the amount that people will pay for products by infusing them with artificial sign value. Emotional branding, for example, is the practice of using images to link a product with a positive emotional state, so that people will unthinkingly purchase the product when they crave the emotion. — Melinda Selmys

The man of understanding, meditation, is not a man of control - just the opposite. He is a watcher. And if you want to watch, you have to be absolutely nonjudgmental. — Osho

Now, I know myself, I am annoyed, I shall loose my temper and begin to quarrel, and demean myself and my ideas. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For more than a century, states have sought to protect the integrity of the democratic process at the state and local level by regulating corporate spending in elections. — Eric Schneiderman

Son of-Who did this to you" Anger rolled through every word Ethan spoke.
"And what are you going to do? Go bet him up?" Even though she couldn't see him she was in a lot of pain, she gave Ethan a defiant look. "Been there. Done that. If you think I look bad, you should see the other guy. — Annie Rachel Cole