Niihau Quotes & Sayings

Didn't seem likely, but what's the point of likely fantasies? — Joe Abercrombie

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed — Sam Altman

The Chicago City News Bureau was a tripwire for all the newspapers in town when I was there, and there were five papers, I think. We were out all the time around the clock and every time we came across a really juicy murder or scandal or whatever, they'd send the big time reporters and photographers, otherwise they'd run our stories. So that's what I was doing, and I was going to university at the same time. — Kurt Vonnegut

From the family, through the school and religious institutions, the mass media, to the factory and finally trade union and "revolutionary" party, capitalist society conspires to foster obedience, hierarchy, the work ethic, and authoritarian discipline in the working class as a whole; indeed, in many of its "emancipatory" movements as well. — Murray Bookchin

Since the soon-to-be outnumber the living; since the living have greater impact on the unborn than ever before thanks to depletion of natural systems, atmospheric disruption, toxic residue, burgeoning technology, global markets, genetic engineering, and sheer population numbers; since our scientific and historic understandings now comfortably examine processes embracing eons; and now that our plan-ahead horizon has shrunk to five years or less - it would seem that a grave disconnect is in progress. Our everhastier decisions and actions do not respond to our long-term understanding, or to the gravity of responsibility we bear. "The — Stewart Brand

I got a degree in broadcast journalism at Northwestern but was running a sketch-comedy group and then went to Second City. When the writers' strike happened in 2007-2008, I went to work at E! because I had that background. — Robin Thede

But the presence of the young woman had touched a lot of people there, and some were ready to rethink their lives. — Paulo Coelho

If there is a life after this one, he said, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs. — Cassandra Clare

I'm interested in knowing the secrets that connect human beings. At the very deepest level, all our secrets are the same. — David Shields

All that can accurately be said about a man who thinks he is a poached egg is that he is in the minority. — James Burke

When we don't have dicks to distract us, we have the freedom to use our brain. — K.F. Breene

That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay. — Drew Goddard

I was unhappy and I didn't even know it — Vargus Pike

The joy of the soul is in glorification of the beloved Lord of all creation. — Radhanath Swami

Going with the flow is soothing but risky. — Jenny Holzer