Tripwires Band Quotes & Sayings

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. — Tacitus

To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love. — Simone Weil

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people. — Albert Einstein

The most elementary experience of life proves that the effects of compulsion last exactly as long as the physical or moral club can be applied. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Literature does not occur in a vacuum. It cannot be a monologue. It has to be a conversation, and new people, new readers, need to be brought into the conversation too. — Neil Gaiman

He had been so friendly, and he had shown clearly that he did not think me in the least stupid
or, if he did, he liked it. — Jean Plaidy

You have to pay attention to details to have success in the playoffs. You can't take anyone lightly. — Nicklas Lidstrom

A whore should be judged by the same criteria as other professionals offering services for pay - such as dentists, lawyers, hairdressers, physicians, plumbers, etc. Is she professionally competent? Does she give good measure? Is she honest with her clients?
It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors. — Robert A. Heinlein

Your business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting. — Scott Adams

I write because I love how I feel to have written. — Carol Lynch Williams

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it. — William Gilmore Simms

Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise extreme indigence towards a state of comfort. — James Madison