Snickety Quotes & Sayings

No writer in our time has been more isolated than Kafka, and yet few have achieved communication as well as he did. — Eugenio Montale

The more haste, the less speed. — John Heywood

Life is a game I adore. I just wish someone had given me the rule book sooner. — Dane Waters

Writing is the hardest physical work there is. — Tom Robbins

Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure. — Felix Bloch

When there's just so many games out there to play, Nintendo games just went to the bottom of that list. — PewDiePie

I am the type to receive stress if I am not working. — Yesung

I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career. — John Cameron

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years. — Kim Gordon

And that's the real reason the powerful fear open systems and networks. If anyone can set up a free voicecall to anyone else in the world, using the net, then we can all communicate with the same ease that's standard for the high and mighty. [ ... ]
And if any worker, anywhere, can communicate with any other worker, anywhere, for free, instantaneously, without the boss's permission, then, brother, look out, because the Coase cost of demanding better pay, better working conditions and a slice of the pie just got a *lot* cheaper. And the people who have the power aren't going to sit still and let a bunch of grunts take it away from them. — Cory Doctorow

Maurice hated cricket. It demanded a snickety neatness he could not supply. — E. M. Forster

He recognized it and knew it. In others - clients, witnesses, or sometimes adversaries, he had seen or heard it: A gesture, a phrase, or a tone which exposed unintended truth in the beat of a second. — Jackson Burnett

We also all know people who could do so much more if only they believed in themselves. Like so many things, a lack of confidence can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I don't know how to convince anyone to believe deep down that she is the best person for the job, not even myself. — Sheryl Sandberg