Symeonidis Anatoli Quotes & Sayings

I bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose. — Bob Dylan

Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don't talk back. — John Steinbeck

There is no such thing as timing if that person lives in your heart and mind. — Shannon L. Alder

If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book ... it has sort of it's own narrative that one could analyze and write literary criticism about. — Tao Lin

But we must come to realise that every word is perfect, including those we scratch out. As my pen moves across this page the whole world writes. All of human history combines at this mere moment now to produce in the flow of this hand a single dot: Who are you and I, dear friends, to contradict the whole past of the universe? Let us then in our wisdom say yes to the flow of the pen. — Luke Rhinehart

The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother. — Mahatma Gandhi

The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings. — W. Arthur Lewis

Wait long enough, and what was once mainstream will fall into obscurity. When that happens, it will become valuable again to those looking for authenticity or irony or cleverness. The value, then, is not intrinsic. The thing itself doesn't have as much value as the perception of how it was obtained or why it is possessed. Once enough people join in, like with oversized glasses frames or slap bracelets, the status gained from owning the item or being a fan of the band is lost, and the search begins again.
You would compete like this no matter how society was constructed. Competition for status is built into the human experience at the biological level. Poor people compete with resources. The middle class competes with selection. The wealthy compete with possessions.
You sold out long ago in one way or another. The specifics of who you sell to and how much you make - those are only details. — David McRaney