Oratec Quotes & Sayings

It was the kind of place where hard drinkers came to wrestle their demons while fallen angels drank alone in dark smoky corners. — Ian Tregillis

Time is not a thief but the giver of all things. Apathy, sloth and indifference are the thieves that loot the chest of wealth that time has given you"

Christopher Sharp — Christopher Sharp

I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds. — Tom Hanks

There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom: knowledge is information; wisdom is knowing how to use it. — Roy Eugene Davis

I've seen people severely messed up by their own knowledge of biases. They have more ammunition with which to argue against anything they don't like. And that problem - too much ready ammunition - is one of the primary ways that people with high mental agility end up stupid, in Stanovich's "dysrationalia" sense of stupidity. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

You know how people are always saying your parents are always right? "Follow your parents' advice; they know what's good for you." And you know how no one ever listens to this advice, because even if it's true it's so annoying and condescending that it just make you want to go, like, develop a meth addiction and have unprotected sex with eighty seven thousand anonymous partners? — John Green

I remember how, when I lived in Paris, there was a McDonald's, and I'd always see Americans eating there and think, 'Why do they come all the way to Paris and eat at McDonald's?' — Diedrich Bader

In days gone by, a man's word was his bond. Today, fortunately, we have glue. — Lev L. Spiro

The law didn't care if you were actually doing anything bad; they were willing to put you under the microscope just for being statistically abnormal. — Cory Doctorow

The breath of being is been able to share your bread. — Lailah Gifty Akita