Stilianos Pliatskas Quotes & Sayings

In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation. — Guy Debord

It's not that I refuse to look at the world around me, but that I refuse to pretend it's anymore important than everything else, you know what I mean? The moments from the past or from the future, the unreal scenes from tales, dreams, the projects we push aside each day that exist in the doubt we stop having in order to live--they're all worlds as true as this one, and I neither abandon or degrade them. So, I suppose that if I live in so many spaces at once, being absent from this one from time to time should be excusable, don't you think? — Gustavo Faveron Patriau

Like I've said before, so many times before, I'm not a good person, I'm not a hero. I'm a criminal, a liar, a cheat, a killer. It was them or me and I wanted to live. — Alexander Gordon Smith

Prayers are answered when the individual's subconscious mind responds to the mental picture or thought in his or her mind. This — Joseph Murphy

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen

The gospel is not advice to be followed; it is news, good (eu) news about what has been done. — Timothy Keller

the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and w shadow of death, on them a light has dawned. — Anonymous

The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: - Concentrated Power of the Big Press. - Passing of competition and the coming of monopoly. - Governmental control of the press. - Timidity, especially in the face of group and corporate pressures. - Big Business mentality. - Clannishness among the newspaper publishers that has prevented them from criticizing each other. - Social blindness. — Max Lerner

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender. — Jackson Browne

Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you. — Flannery O'Connor

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books. — Roald Dahl

I am a big fan of the web comic 'Strong Female Protagonist,' illustrated by Molly Ostertag. — Alethea Kontis

What you envision for yourself is far more likely to become a lifelong passion than anything someone can drop into your lap. This is a reminder that pursuing my vision for my life is not a waste of time. Detours happen. They become experience. With experience, accomplishment is only a matter of time. — LaShawnda Jones

My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job. — Jarrett J. Krosoczka

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. — Mahatma Gandhi