Stormbirds Quotes & Sayings

The end of man (as a factual anthropological limit) is announced to thought from the vantage of the end of man (as a determined opening or the infinity of a telos ). Man is that which is in relation to his end, in the fundamentally equivocal sense of the word. Since always. — Jacques Derrida

I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations. — John O. Brennan

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart. — Joe Frazier

Terrorism is not just about indiscriminate violence. As its name suggests, it is about instilling paranoia — Dana Priest

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness. — Lord Mountbatten

The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell. — William J. Bernstein

The primary conflict, I think, is between people whose interests are with already well-established economic activities, and those whose interests are with the emergence of new economic activities. — Jane Jacobs

O what hardness of heart mayst thou see in every corner whither thou goest, and where thou preachest, most part being as unconcerned as the very stones of the wall; and say what thou wilt, either by setting before them alluring promises or dreadful threatenings, yet people are hardened against both, none relenting for what they have done, or concerned about it. — Thomas Boston

These things were in the past now, many long years ago, though the memory remained as solid and present as his heartbeats. Time's passage had made the events seem almost crazed, hyper-real, stretched across a surreal dreamscape that felt more like a skjald's embellished saga than the intact past. Perhaps it had not happened like that. Perhaps the Lion had taken his Stormbirds to the Tyrant's fortress, and he himself had teleported in. Perhaps it had not been Ogvai there, but Gunn, or someone else. Had Bjorn been there too? It was a long time ago, so doubtful, but Bjorn seemed to always have been there, right from the start, just waiting for his time to come to maturity. — Chris Wraight

When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people? — Tori Amos

The Germans are prisoners of their past. — Daniel Barenboim

I believe in a fight between me & Wilder ... I can come out on top — David Price