Tiatech Quotes & Sayings

By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination, through which we effectively, if often unthinkingly, reduce his life chances. We construct a stigma-theory, an ideology to explain his inferiority and account for the danger he represents, sometimes rationalizing an animosity based on other differences, such as those of social class. — Erving Goffman

Rainbows always gave her hope - hope that something beautiful waited for those strong enough to survive the storm. — Karen White

I always wanted to tell stories. Well, at least, I always came back to the notion of storytelling when the glitz and glamour of being a special effects designer or a fighter pilot or a DEA agent wore off. — Cullen Bunn

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. — Martin Mull

She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery. — George Eliot

The word normal would lose all of its meaning if it didn't have an opposite. And if there were no normal people, the world would probably fall apart - because it's normal people who take care of all the normal things like making sure there is food at the grocery store and delivering the mail and putting up traffic lights and making sure our toilets work properly and growing food on farms and flying airplanes safely and making sure the president of the United States has clean suits to wear. — Matthew Quick

Richard Feynman once wrote, "If you ever hear yourself saying, 'I think I understand this,' that means you don't. — Steven Pinker

It is curious that Christianity, which is idealism, is sturdily defended by the brokers, and steadily attacked by the idealists. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me. — Suzanne Collins

People whose talents are not exploited become disenchanted and disruptive. — Terence Conran