Oot Bag Quotes & Sayings

The Luddites ... asserted the precedence of community needs over technological innovation and monetary profit; ... The victory of industrialism over Luddism was overwhelming and unconditional; it was undoubtedly the most complete, significant, and lasting victory of modern times. ... To this day, if you say you would be willing to forbid, restrict, or reduce the use of technological devices in order to protect the community -- or to protect the good health of nature on which the community depends -- you will be calle4d a Luddite, and it will not be a compliment. ... Technological determinism has triumphed. — Wendell Berry

When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion. — Dalai Lama

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. — Maurice Maeterlinck

I was blinded by whispered promises and I never realised how cruel a woman could be until it was too late. — Emma Russell

When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones. — Sia Furler

There was a knight came riding by
In early spring, when the roads were dry;
And he heard that lady sing at the noon,
Two red roses across the moon. — William Morris

The human imagination, in conjunction with technology, has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet with safety. — Terence McKenna

People who have nothing to do always lack time. Perish all those who do not think as we do. Reason is a feeble weapon in contending with a woman. Words that sounded kindly, but with a cold, unloving heart. — Georg Ebers

Jace's ears were ringing with a harsh, tinny sound. He felt dizzy. "Even Valentine," he said, "even Valentine would never do that - " "Please," said Sebastian. "Do you really think my father won't go through with what he's planned?" "Our father," Jace said. Sebastian glanced down at him. His hair was a white halo; he looked like the sort of bad angel who might have followed Lucifer out of heaven. "Pardon me," he said, with some amusement. "Are you praying?" "No. I said our father. I meant Valentine. Not your father. Ours." For — Cassandra Clare

He didnt like eggs....or her for that matter. So when she asked him to stay for breakfast, he declined. — Conor Lynch

With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well. — Aaron Sorkin