Phantasmic Pulse Quotes & Sayings

He cannot speak clearly if his words must be strained through a Congressional gag. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

I cannot imagine a life without books.
Without Father's stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, without pirate stories and fairy tales and poems. Without the hope of another way, of freedom and adventure beyond what we have here and now. How dark life would be. — Jessica Spotswood

Ladies, it's almost midnight. And I, for one, hoped not to have to resort to kissing Gaspard when the clock strikes twelve. — Amy Plum

The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees as its heroes. — Joan D. Chittister

Verbose; a word known only by those who are. — Me

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much. — Jules Michelet

One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature. — Stephen Daldry

Even the evil-looking bird perched on a rod in the bar had stopped screeching out the names and addresses of local contract killers, which was a service it provided for free. — Douglas Adams

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. — Eric Hoffer

Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor. — Anna Deavere Smith

The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies. — Michal Kalecki