Polchinski String Quotes & Sayings

Woman can change better'n man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head. — John Steinbeck

Betrayal. Lust. Secrecy. Devotion. I think we do these things to feel more alive. When the truth is that alive is alive
you can feel it in anything, if you give it a chance. — David Levithan

Both precious and absurd, this tightrope of existence we walk in both directions; strung only on a rhythm of heartbeats across a void — Dean Cavanagh

The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. But outrage is unwieldy to manufacture and handle. First, you need scrutiny; second, widespread awareness; only when this reaches a critical mass does public outrage explode into being. Any stage may be sabotaged. The world's Alberto Grimaldis can fight scrutiny by burying truth in committees, dullness, and misinformation, or by intimidating the scrutinizers. They can extinguish awareness by dumbing down education, owning TV stations, paying 'guest fees' to leader writers, or just buying the media up. The media - and not just The Washington Post - is where democracies conduct their civil wars. — David Mitchell

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. — Robert Mueller

The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. — Miguel De Unamuno

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach. — Rafael Nadal

Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison! — David Mitchell