Soupicurean Quotes & Sayings

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another. — Wynton Marsalis

Few people realize the immensity of vacancy. — H.G.Wells

I nestled into the nook of Mum's arm. Then lay on a cushion on her lap. I fell asleep like that. She's all bones and hard edges. She's never been comfortable, but she's always been there. — Nathan Filer

University, as institutions, pre-date the information economy by many centuries and are not for-profit cultural entities, whose reason of existence (purportedly) is to discover truth, codify it through techniques of scholarship, and then teach it. Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization not just download data into student skulls. — Bruce Sterling

We do not sustain ourselves in virtue by our own strength, but by the balancing of two opposed vices, just as we remain upright amidst two contrary gales. Remove one of the vices, and we fall into the other. — Blaise Pascal

What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it - like a secret vice! — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

That's a huge reason why Cyrus started the security company - to give jobs to brothers who the community shut out. — Katie McGarry