Paludal Quotes & Sayings

I look back now with amazement at the small accidents that put certain books before me. — Vince Passaro

I can't bear these accounts I read in the Times and elsewhere of these poetry slams, in which various young men and women in various late-spots are declaiming rant and nonsense at each other. The whole thing is judged by an applause meter which is actually not there, but might as well be. This isn't even silly; it is the death of art. — Harold Bloom

In short, the remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know. In — Bill Bryson

So far, I was mostly using tools from people I knew or tools that were well established. I knew and trusted the technologists at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who made the HTTPS Everywhere software. Little Snitch was a well-known program. Similarly, 1Password was well established. — Julia Angwin

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used. — Zig Ziglar

I thought nothing; I didn't even despair; I was just stupefied and grey and dead. — Erich Maria Remarque

What is a rainbow, Lord?
A hoop for the lowly. — Jack Kerouac

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. — George MacDonald Fraser

If I was just in one band, I would have a problem with the amount of time between records because I don't want to wave one flag. I just want to be part of something cool. — Josh Homme

Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. — Demosthenes