Oputa Panel Quotes & Sayings

While most of us wouldn't write ourselves a nasty letter, read it, and then feel offended, this is precisely what we do with regard to our thinking. We — Richard Carlson

Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in one place, will work perfectly later. — Robert Harris

To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to cave in to a kind of nirvana-stupor, to abdicate our humanity, to define ourselves as losers. — Hakim Bey

Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate. — Phil Ochs

When you nominate for a seat, the expectation is that you serve that district and serve that seat if you are elected. — Denis Napthine

To hate someone just because he doesn't presume like you is big blunder. — M.H. Rakib

One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure. — Steve McQueen

I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story. — Umberto Eco

Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition. — Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

How can I come from a nation? How can a human being come from a concept? — Taiye Selasi

I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well. — Yuichiro Miura

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions. — William T. Vollmann