Paul Emile Quotes & Sayings

Fame is a perverse deformity, an ego swelling as ludicrous as an extra organ, and the people that have it, for a huge part, are willfully and deliberately fucked-up past the point of ever having anything sweet or human or normal about themselves ever again. — Cintra Wilson

Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life. — Frances E. Willard

When I have time off, all I want to do is do nothing. — Niall Horan

The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt — Paul-Emile Victor

When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance. — Muqtada Al Sadr

One has a sort of spiritual obligation to go back to the source material of the literature, to make contact with one of the seminal plays of the modern theater. — Arthur Penn

The world needs water. For every bottle of wine you drink you contribute to conserving the drinking water reserves. — Paul-Emile Victor

A deep map is a sample swatch of the multiple manifestations of the genius loci. — Linda Lappin

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me. — Kelly Rowland

Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge. — Heinz Pagels

The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes. The only adventure that is doomed from the start is the one we do not attempt. — Paul-Emile Victor

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding. — Elias Canetti

IOS users tend to be ones that really care about being online all the time. They also tend to be willing to pay for that. You might say they are richer users, which is partially true. — Robert Scoble

He probably would have looked at me sideways and asked why I was trying to learn how to change my life by reading a book. — Hannah Brencher

Apollo succeeded at critical moments like this because the bosses had no hesitation about assigning crucial tasks to one individual, trusting his judgment, and then getting out of his way. — Gene Kranz

The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation. — John F. Kennedy

To her amazement, snow began to fall. Paper snowflakes cascaded through the air, some as small as Ceony's thumbnail, some as large as her hand. Hundreds of them poured down as the paper ceiling gave way, all somehow timed just right so that they fell like real snow. Ceony stood from her chair, laughing, and held out her hand to catch one. To her astonishment it felt cold, but didn't melt against her palm. Only tingled.
"When did you do this?" she asked, her breath fogging in the library's air as more snowflakes fell like crisp confetti from the ceiling. "This would take . . . ages to make."
"Not ages," Mg. Thane said. "You'll get quicker as you learn." He still sat on the floor, completely unfazed by the magic around him. But of course he would be - it was his creation. "Magician Aviosky mentioned you hadn't exactly jumped at the news of your assignment, and I can't blame you. But casting through paper has its own whimsy. — Charlie N. Holmberg