Perpetuati Quotes & Sayings

Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society ... fascism, a program for the social control of intellect. — Robert M. Pirsig

How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover. — Richelle E. Goodrich

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha. — Sam Manekshaw

Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk. — Langston Hughes

Are your desires purely selfish? Do your tastes run to a grand home, automobiles, fine clothes, an abundance of amusements, and so forth? If so, look around you at people who have such things in superabundance. Are they any happier, do you think, than you are? Are they any better morally? Are they any stronger physically? Are they better liked by their friends than you are by your friends? ... Carnegie said, Millionaires rarely smile. This is substantially true. — B.C. Forbes

As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable. — Seth Godin

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians". — Charles Stross

Guilt is altruism's stock in trade, and the inducing of guilt is its only means of self-perpetuati on. — Ayn Rand

The refrigerator in my room is still empty as usual, but I can't hear that sound any more. I feel that I can keep believing ... that even the thing all of us were looking for but never found on that day ... someday, surely.. We will find it. — Chica Umino