Pascal Magne Quotes & Sayings

How do you get from, "We do not know whether this is protectable human life," to "Therefore, we will not protect it?" Wouldn't the logic just as likely (some would say far more likely) be, "Since we do not know whether this is protectable human life, therefore we will protect it?" Why does the judicial uncertainty about the humanity of the unborn lead to unbridled license to destroy it? — John Piper

Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd
As herds of bellowing buses drive by
Love's anguish tightens your throat
As if you were never to be loved again
If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery
You are ashamed when you discover yourself reciting a prayer
You make fun of yourself and like the fire of Hell your laughter crackles
The sparks of your laugh gild the depths of your life
It's a painting hanging in a dark museum
And sometimes you go and look at it close up — Guillaume Apollinaire

Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh. — Steve Martin

The future of organizational success will come from people communicating with each other across the organization, not up and down the hierarchy. This is not or should not be scary, if you trust your people and are open with them yourself. If you don't trust them, nothing else is going to work either, in the long term. — Clark N Quinn

The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each ro themselves. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market. — E.W. Howe

She responded to Letty's well-meaning suggestions with the unblinking disdain perfected by cats in their dealings with their humans. — Lauren Willig

Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express complex problems in C, so you don't. — Erik Naggum

But you finally think, there is what there is, and you have to work within those confines and just keep chipping away at your own work. — Sissy Spacek