Puleritud Quotes & Sayings

Hast thou found out, Voltaire, that it is bliss to die,
And does thy hideous smile over thy bleached bones fly? — Alfred De Musset

Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid thinking and decent Szechwan. If I use Islamic culture I get ... not damned much of anything. And ditto for Africa although at least the rhythm is good and you can dance to it. But if I use Western European Culture I get industry, higher standards of living, longer lifespans and a generally happier society. Damn, I think I'll just have to go with WesternCiv even if I do have to put up with the Lutherans. — John Ringo

Your repressed feelings desperately try to climb to the surface but fail to do so, and in therapy we seek to reveal -- to uncloak, if you will -- these unconscious desires, the things that your mind tries to repress, those secrets of your soul. — Allan Dare Pearce

I have one piece of advice for you: sleep your way to the top. — Arianna Huffington

School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged. — John Taylor Gatto

The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road. — Alex Garland

Ribosomes have an error rate of about one letter in 10,000, far lower than the defect rate in our own high-quality manufacturing processes. And they operate at a rate of about 10 amino acids per second, building whole proteins with chains comprising hundreds of amino acids in less than a minute. — Nick Lane

A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences. — Steve Albini

The enemy is strong beyond our reckoning, yet we have a hope at which he has not guessed. — J.R.R. Tolkien