Ployorgambit Quotes & Sayings

What constitutes wise policy . . . will depend on whether the immediate objective of policy is the promotion of political ends, the protection of vested interests, or the satisfaction of consumer needs. — George W. Stocking

Besides, if you want to write something perfect, write a haiku. Anything longer is bound to have a few passages that don't work as well as they might. — Philip Pullman

He regarded his whole life as a continual round of amusement which someone for some reason had to provide for him. — Leo Tolstoy

The prediction of the future is not distinguished from an evaluation of current evidence - prediction matches evaluation. This is perhaps the best evidence we have for the role of substitution. — Daniel Kahneman

Let's get something clear up front. I'm not Harry Dresden. Harry's a wizard. A genuine, honest-to-goodness wizard. He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket. He'll spit in the eye of gods and demons alike if he thinks it needs to be done, and to hell with the consequences
and yet somehow my little brother manages to remain a decent human being. I'll be damned if I know how. But then, I'll be damned regardless. My name is Thomas Raith, and I'm a monster. — Jim Butcher

Always fuck with people's expectations, sunshine. It's good for their circulation. — Tana French

I ... asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands? ... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror — David Mitchell

That same cool, formal tone. Not mocking or vicious, just overly polite, without emotion. My stomach clenched, and words froze to the back of my mouth. I wanted to talk to him, but the coldness in his eyes sliced into me, making me pause. Instead, I simply nodded, and watched my knight turn on his heel and stride toward the tower without looking back. — Julie Kagawa

Like any man, he was coward enough to fear great force; but he was not quite coward enough to admire it. — G.K. Chesterton

Each of us can, by ployorgambit, most naturally gain the advantage. — Stephen Potter

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived. — Agatha Christie

Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red. — Cecilia Bartoli

He is at home with his solitude as the note reverberating inside a bell. — Peter Heller

Growth is a part of change. — Toba Beta

Noah St. John, bad buy of rock and concerned father of imaginary daughters. Hell hath frozen over and become an ice ring. — Nalini Singh

I will go and do as the Lord has commanded, for I know He does not give us commandments without preparing a way for us to obey them. — Timothy B. Wilson