Speistoune Quotes & Sayings

There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action. — Eli Pariser

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, and all her various objects of delight annulled, which might in part my grief have eased. Inferior to the vilest now become of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, they creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed to daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, within doors, or without, still as a fool, in power of others, never in my own; scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. — John Milton

The average buyer in bookshop spends 8 seconds on the front cover and 15 seconds on the back cover before deciding whether to purchase the book or not. On average, he does not get past page 18. See? The odds are stacked against us writers! — Ashwin Sanghi

Now, we're Americans. Technically, who is from this country? Only the Indians, who we graciously let dwell on their native casinos. — Greg Proops

When I sew you up ...
Don't let me,
Stop bleeding,
Tiny stitches that you placed into my skin,
Won't let me go,
And they're ruining the mood. — Pierce The Veil

There seems to be a firewall in my mind against ideas expressed in numbers and graphs rather than words, or in abstract words such as Sin or Creativity. I just don't understand. And incomprehension is boredom. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight. — Paul Guilfoyle

We sold more iPads in the last quarter alone than any PC manufacturer sold in their entire line. — Tim Cook

Stripping away my ego and accepting my truth even if it's not who I want to see. Makes me want to be better when it's exposed. It's very vulnerable and exhilarating. — Aleks Paunovic

The only wand you'll ever need is a better-feeling thought. — C.G. Rousing

God, if you recall, did not warn his people against dirty books. He warned them against high places. — Walker Percy

I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work. — Park Geun-hye

Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our storyline into the annuals of time. To endure a mortal life is merely a transitory experience whereas writing about how one lived is an internalized exposition of what it means to be human. Writing is an external exhibition injecting the author into the world's consciousness. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult. — Jennifer Connelly