The Irrational Knot Quotes & Sayings

There are a lot of colloquialisms in the Cantonese language that can never be represented aptly in Mandarin. — Jia Zhangke

Illusion starts between the ears. If the person doing illusion doesn't believe it, then the audience doesn't believe it. Seeing the picture in your head will allow the audience to see it in their heads. — RuPaul

Claire thought you were a shapeshifting polar bear and Lana actually thought you were some kind of deity like Poseidon." Simon grinned. "She thought I was a god? Don't worry, after tonight, I'll prove to you that I am and much more. — Eve Langlais

What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at other forms of retail, whether they be food or non-food, we pay more. If you look at our health care benefits, we pay a lot more. — Steven Burd

Everyone works in the service of man. We doctors work directly on man himself ... The great mystery of man is Jesus: 'He who visits a sick person, helps me,' Jesus said ... Just as the priest can touch Jesus, so do we touch Jesus in the bodies of our patients ... We have opportunities to do good that the priest doesn't have. Our mission is not finished when medicines are no longer of use. We must bring the soul to God; our word has some authority ... Catholic doctors are so necessary! — Gianna Beretta Molla

Life is a book that someone else is reading - and you, a key character - hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Indeed, today, reliance on broadcasting is the very definition of a technologically backward society. — William Gibson

No Water made her want to be taken, which was exciting and frightening. Crazy Horse made her want to give, which was fulfilling. She — Win Blevins

We fight in honourable fashion for the good of mankind; fearless of the future, unheeding of our individual fates, with unflinching hearts and undimmed eyes; we stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord — Theodore Roosevelt

I'm definitely writing my fears. It's almost therapeutic to at least voice a terror, to say, 'I'm worried that Lake Powell looks low and Lake Mead looks even lower.' — Paolo Bacigalupi

Why does that obstinate little voice in our heads torment us so?' he said, looking round the table. 'Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls - which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? But isn't it also pain that often makes us most aware of self? — Donna Tartt

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together. — Sam Kinison

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal. — George Matthew Adams