Pandora Braithwaite Quotes & Sayings

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text. — Umberto Eco

Tyrants seldom want pretexts — Edmund Burke

Pessimism is a luxury of good times. In difficult times, pessimism is a self- fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence. — Evelin Lindner

The children of God are His instruments on the earth. — Sunday Adelaja

Tokyo Disneyland is an aspiring despot's wet dream. — Our Man In Abiko

Like all magical mysteries, the secrets of the Great Work have a triple meaning: they are religious, philosophical and natural. Philosophical gold in religion is the Absolute and Supreme Reason; in philosophy, it is truth; in visible nature, it is the sun: in the subterranean and mineral world, it is the purest and most perfect gold. Hence the search after the Great Work is called the Search for the Absolute, and this work itself is termed the operation of the sun. — Eliphas Levi

If no meant no then every man would die a virgin. — Daniel Tosh

In the end, the Tribune lost touch with the world it was supposed to reach; it mattered passionately, but almost exclusively, to those who worked for it. — Paul Gray

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave. — Camille Paglia

The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera. — Brett Weston

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. — Bruce Sterling

Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still. — Michel De Montaigne

She felt the way she always did when she was traveling, as though she was enjoying the novelty but would be happiest when she could consider it all from the vantage point of home, with her suitcase unpacked ... — Anna Quindlen

You know what they say: 'Men have throats and daggers have sharp edges'. — Raymond E. Feist