Tim Kasher Quotes & Sayings

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural. — Bertrand Russell

Certain battles were won by retreating. — Eoin Colfer

What I'm proposing, to myself and other people, is what I often call the tourist attitude - that you act as though you've never been there before. So that you're not supposed to know anything about it. If you really get down to brass tacks, we have never been anywhere before. — John Cage

I feel very happy to see the sun come up every day. I feel happy to be around ... I like to take this day- any day-and go to town with it. — James Dickey

Keep life simple ... turn toward the divine. It satisfies, it brings knowledge, and it brings joy. — Ming-Dao Deng

The Apache don't have a word for love," he said.
"Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?"
"Tell me."
"Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say. — Louis L'Amour

Right now my life has an expiration date determined by my bank balance. Can I find something before my time is up? — Inio Asano

I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care. — Felix Dennis

The renaissance knew of strange manners of poisoning - poisoning by a helmet and by a lighted torch, by an embroidered glove and a jeweled fan, by a gilded pomander and by an amber chain. Dorian Gray had been poisoned by a book. — Oscar Wilde

We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings up here: there is nowhere you can park yourself with a cup of coffee and observe the species on parade. — Susan Orlean

The male gender remembers only the things that entertain them. — Dante Burroughs

A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie. — Brian Selznick

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart. — Conn Iggulden

mankind was born on earth but was never meant to die here — Christopher Nolan