Theautomat Quotes & Sayings

To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself. — Alan Watts

Work at first rescues us, then ravages us. — Mason Cooley

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed. — Rufus Choate

By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person. — Jennifer Beals

The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea Marina, but a rush of ugly water that had scented the open sea and was ready to make a run for it. — J.G. Ballard

The histories and tragedies of Shakespeare that Lincoln loved most dealt with themes that would resonate to a president in the midst of civil war: political intrigue, the burdens of power, the nature of ambition, the relationship of leaders to those they governed. The plays illuminated with stark beauty the dire consequences of civil strife, the evils wrought by jealousy and disloyalty, the emotions evoked by the death of a child, the sundering of family ties or love of country. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

The city was a machine of its own, continuously producing. We were constantly pumped out through its assembly line, in different forms or models. We came hardwired with different stories, dark secrets, vices, and defects. Over time, we fail and come to find our end, but the city continues onwards. — Cristina Martin

When you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That's a very unattractive equation. — Ann M. Martin

It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions. — Charles Edward Merriam

In the YouTube economy, everyone is free to play, but only a few reap the rewards. — Nicholas Carr

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager. — Sarah Michelle Gellar