Tveriah Quotes & Sayings

Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have — Martin Luther King Jr.

If you just do what you're doing, you're going to do what you do. Time to interrupt patterns. — Tammy Kling

We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see. — Peter Hook

Human beings dream of life everlasting, that's the reason! But most of them want it on earth and not in heaven. — Tennessee Williams

Schools train you to be ignorant with style [ ... ] they prepare you to be a usable victim for a military industrial complex that needs manpower. As long as you're just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you're going to be alright [ ... ] So I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming up. — Frank Zappa

Our spirits rose after a few beers, all that lay between us during the day, the silences that could develop from nowhere, the irritation that could set in, the sudden inability to find areas of common interest, even though there were so many, all of that vanished as our spirits soared and we felt the concomitant warmth: we looked at each other and knew who we were. — Knausgaard, Karl Ove

As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living. — Jean Piaget

Relying on luck, however, does not constitute a policy. — David Galula

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event. — Luis Carlos Montalvan

Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice. — Walter Darby Bannard

What is Providence for you may be Nemesis for me. — Mason Cooley

Recognition for a job well done is high on the list of motivating influences for all people; more important in many instances than compensation itself. When someone is promoted, a promotion that everyone could see coming because of an excellent record, the entire department is stimulated. For it is clear, then, that promotions are based on merit. A promotion that seems to come out of the blue, which is always the case when no one knows what the next fellow is doing, causes nothing but resentment and a further weakening of the will to work. — John Moulder Wilson

The human spirit collapses not when it is deprived of food but when it is denied a dream.
- Andy Paula, LifeBeyondNumbers — Andy Paula

It's as if they saw a house burning and determined that the bigger the fire, the more fireman are present, and then concluded that firemen cause burning houses. — Uffe Ravnskov