Polyphemus Odyssey Quotes & Sayings

sight. In his essay On The Sublime, Edmund Burke observes, "Represent the most sublime and affecting tragedy we have...and when you have collected your audience, just at the moment when their minds are filled with expectation, let it be reported that a criminal is on the point of being executed in the adjoining square..." And in a moment, the theater will be empty. In these bloody rituals of execution and repression, the leader becomes the ancient God-King stepping forward to save his people, a promise as dangerous as it is seductive. If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society which, after all, is the exception, not the norm, in that dark, violent story known as human history. — Daniel Myerson

Why don't we learn about the mental health which affects every minute of our lives? ... Where is the school for learning [about] positive mental health? — Maddy Malhotra

It's the enemy of your enemy who is your friend Sophie, not the friend of your friend. — Somi Ekhasomhi

Once you do learn about the truth, you end up having to take a certain responsibility for it. — Haruki Murakami

Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future. — Thomas McKinnon Wood

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. — Frank A. Clark

Unfortunately, "learning" is the oldest excuse in the book for a failure of execution. It's what managers fall back on when they fail to achieve the results we promised.Entrepreneurs, under pressure to succeed, are wildly creative when it comes to demonstrating what we have learned. We can all tell a good story when our job, career, or reputation depends on it — Anonymous

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown. — Baba Amte

Oh. C'mon, pretty girl. I like it when ya scream." The leader breathed into my ear.
I spat as good as I could on his hand. He jumped back glaring. I said, "Funny. You like it when I scream? Yet you cover my mouth!" I laughed then winced. — J.L. Clayton