The Pickup Gordimer Quotes & Sayings

Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is - we can expect technology to break the upper bound on intelligence that has held for the last few tens of thousands of years. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

Those who say it cannot be done should not get in the way of those doing it. — Richard Whittle

Everyone wants to be a designer. — Christian Cota

You braved the wasteland of Violet Waterfield, the dangerous shark-invested waters of her most treacherous coats. And you lived to tell the tale."
The was a hard light in her eyes as she spoke.
You're not a wasteland, he wanted to say. She'd do anything for the people she loved- anything, except tale compliments from them.
So he just shrugged. "I brought tea for the wasteland. — Courtney Milan

Damn right I voted for him. But if I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have cast a vote - I'd have cast a brick. — John Brunner

Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution. — Sal Albanese

On my last day of shooting, I'd be happy to say 'Cut, it's a wrap' and fall off the twig. — Richard Attenborough

The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read about great successes, since even for middle-class and upper-class white people, in my experience, failure is the norm — Kurt Vonnegut

My heart swelled in my chest, like a froth of bubbles begging to be released. — Demelza Carlton