Thertore Quotes & Sayings

Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more beautiful and more wondrous and more terrifying. You move into a world of conflicting extremes. — Terry Gilliam

All wars are won or lost before they are ever fought. — Sun Tzu

I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor — Thomas A. Edison

His heart is a desert island ... The whole scope, the whole energy of his mind surround and protect him; his depths isolate him and guard him against the truth. He flatters himself that he is entirely alone there ... Patience, dear lady. Perhaps, one day, he will discover some footprint on the sand ... What holy and happy terror, what salutary fright, once he recognizes in that pure sign of grace that his island is mysteriously inhabited! ... — Paul Valery

Anger fuels Hate
Hate fuels Rage
Rage fuels Vengeance
Vengeance fuels Despair
Despair fuels Hate. — Alyssa Louttit

I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end. — Michael Steinhardt

There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again. — Sandra Bernhard