Shaun Ellis Quotes & Sayings

And the German society of eighty million people had been shielded against reality and factuality by exactly the same means, the same self-deception, lies, and stupidity that had now become engrained in Eichmann's mentality. These lies changed from year to year, and they frequently contradicted each other; moreover, they were not necessarily the same for the various branches of the Party hierarchy or the people at large. But the practice of self-deception had become so common, almost a moral prerequisite for survival, that even now, eighteen years after the collapse of the Nazi regime, when most of the specific content of its lies has been forgotten, it is sometimes difficult not to believe that mendacity has become an integral part of the German national character. — Hannah Arendt

My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth. — Pat Cadigan

Education is something that other people do to you. Learning is something you do for yourself. — Joichi Ito

I just love music in general. I've been a fan of all different kinds of music since I can remember. — Ray Stevens

You don't use words like 'kind of interested' to describe how I feel about you. — Melina Marchetta

Women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That's why they've become feminists. — Gloria Steinem