Unmotivates Quotes & Sayings

Calculations show that a change of as little as 0.5 percent in the strength of the strong nuclear force, or 4 percent in the electric force, would destroy either nearly all carbon or all oxygen in every star, and hence the possibility of life as we know it. Change those rules of our universe just a bit, and the conditions for our existence disappear! — Stephen Hawking

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else. — Christina Ricci

We are called both to live pure lives and to take the good news to those in greatest need. — Dillon Burroughs

A good teacher will show you the ropes in the world of power. They will give you the wisdom that is necessary to be able to use power. You just don't give a kid a new Ferrari. You teach him how to drive it. — Frederick Lenz

Innocent people shouldn't be made to beg for their lives. The weak shouldn't have to kowtow to receive help, from us or anyone else. — David Mack

It was as if he were as comfortable when sitting properly as other people were when lounging. — Brandon Sanderson

[Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal return] is what makes moments caught up in the immanence of return suddenly appear as ends. In every other system, don't forget, these moments are viewed as means: Every moral system proclaims that "each moment of life ought to be motivated." Return unmotivates the moment and frees life of ends. — Georges Bataille

her style was very much that of someone who had picked up only what was most effective and thrown everything else away. This wasn't the way someone fought if they cared about appearances. This was the way someone fought if they wanted to survive and to win. — L.G. Estrella

Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free. — Simon Armitage