The Originals Season 2 Episode 21 Quotes & Sayings

New York is an egotist. It will suffer no divided attention. "Look at me!" says the voice of the city imperiously, and its children obey. It snatches their thoughts from their inner griefs, and concentrates them on the pageant that rolls unceasingly from one end of the island to the other. One may despair in New York, but it is difficult to brood on the past; for New York is the City of the Present, the City of Things that are Going On. — P.G. Wodehouse

The government is there day in and day out, if you want all kids to have education, if you want to run courts, if you want to have an army, if you want to have roads, you've got to have the taxation system that funds everything that you expect. — Bill Gates

Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. — Elizabeth Warren

Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. — Samuel R. Delany

Give unqualified assent to no propositions but those the truth of which is so clear and distinct that they cannot be doubted. The enunciation of this first great commandment of science consecrated doubt. — Thomas Huxley

The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances. — Epicurus

I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express themselves. — Mitchel Resnick

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor. — Ryan Kavanaugh

We must be equal to the largeness of things. — Don DeLillo

We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take. — Tad Williams

The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here. — Tariq Ali

In the camera business, you won't survive if you don't innovate. In the guitar business you may or may not. The guitars being sold were designed between '48 and '59, Gibson SGs in '61. — Paul Reed Smith

If she had one more big, bright idea, she was going to figure out a way to kick herself in the shin. — Jamie Wesley

Since when does the butterfly ask about the caterpillar? — Cornelia Funke