Recontextualizing Quotes & Sayings

I regret everything. But so what? At least I have cause. — Sebastian Horsley

Their attitude seemed to result from incomprehension rather than cruelty, but as Tolstoy would have said, what's the difference in the end? — Atul Gawande

[T]hat all seekers of knowledge should use the identical language to think and to read and write is not a development to which humanity can remain indifferent. Reality is constructed by languages, and the existence of a variety of languages means the existence of a variety of realities, a variety of truths. Understanding the multifaceted nature of truth does not necessarily make people happy, but it makes them humble, and mature, and wise. It makes them worthy of the name Homo sapiens. — Minae Mizumura

Us frogs understand this. — Deb Caletti

Sidonie," he said, his voice strangely hoarse. "You are the most - I mean, you are so ... I find you ... ah, devil take it! Never mind!"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Nothing," he growled. "I misspoke. What did you say about oranges? — Liz Carlyle

A Healing Dream can never be completely "interpreted," or fully understood. Healing Dreams want us to stop making sense; not just to crack the case, but to enter the mystery. — Marc Ian Barasch

The idea of recontextualizing images from different eras to express larger ideas about modern times was very exciting to me. That archival aesthetic is the foundation of my filmmaking style. — Elisa Kreisinger

I actually prefer the silent black and white version of the Wizard Of Oz from the 20's. — Marcel Dzama

Holy Avon, Batman, I thought as worry relaxed into annoyance-tinged humor, I've been attacked by a multilevel marketer. — Patricia Briggs

Her nerves tingled with a sudden alarm. The pattern didn't speak of love and commitment to her; there was something else there, something darker, something that spoke of control and submission, of loss and darkness. — Cassandra Clare

There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital that we continue to research and educate ourselves in the hopes that we may begin to understand the challenges that these children and their families continue to face with each passing day. — Manny Alvarez

History is not concerned with visions that are not implemented. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself. — Agatha Christie

We were all people - men and women - and you could never say that one group of people was less important than another. — Alexander McCall Smith

Sheryl Sandberg: "It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness."115 She couldn't be more right. You will not be as successful as you could be if you only like what you do and don't love it. Trite, perhaps, but true. Sheryl is also right in saying that combining passion and contribution is a luxury: not that it's expensive, but just rare. It's something that many people either can't figure out (how many people truly know their passion at the outset of their careers?) or can't afford (you may love whittling garden gnomes, but the world loves engineers and your spouse and children love a regular paycheck). — Eric Schmidt

There's nothing that cannot be found through some search engine or on the Internet somewhere. — Eric Schmidt

I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places ... I became committed to recontextualizing it all so it all worked in one story. — Max Landis