Polichinelle Quotes & Sayings

This job has three requirements, each very strict. Do not agree to them lightly. Clerks in this store have followed these rules for nearly a century, and I will not have them broken now. ( ... ) Two: You may not browse, read, or otherwise inspect the shelved volumes. Retrieve them for members. That is all"
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"You must keep precise records of all transactions. The time. The customer's appearance. His state of mind. How he asks for the book. How he receives it. Does he appear to be injured. Is he wearing a sprig of rosemary on his hat. And so on — Robin Sloan

Specialization is in fact only a fancy form of slavery wherein the 'expert' is fooled into accepting a slavery by making him feel that he in turn is a socially and culturally preferred-ergo, highly secure-lifelong position. — R. Buckminster Fuller

The passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason. — Thomas Hobbes

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone. — Gautama Buddha

All of our effort should be focused on protecting the religious liberties and freedom of conscience for those Americans that profoundly disagree with the decision. — Carly Fiorina

Places of genius challenge us. They are difficult. They do not earn their place in history with ethnic restaurants or street festivals, but by provoking us, making demands of us. Crazy, unrealistic, beautiful demands. — Eric Weiner

Maybe he really could see past her ugly face. Maybe what was inside her did matter to him more than anything else. Tally — Scott Westerfeld

Of course, not everything is unsayable in words, only the living truth. — Eugene Ionesco

A secret de Polichinelle is a secret that everyone can know. For this reason the people who do not know it never hear about it - for if everyone thinks you know a thing, nobody tells you. — Agatha Christie

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button. — Tove Lo

They just keep doing the same things," I said.
"Well, what else can they do? We all just keep doing the same things." She had a point there. — Haruki Murakami