Viktor Petrov Quotes & Sayings

Well, strap my ass to a flagpole and hoist it skyward' an all to familiar voice declared. — Keri Arthur

Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death. — James Madison

Only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all. — Alastair Reid

Whereas in the old days one acquired eternal happiness by the grace of God, now too often the eternal happiness seems to have become like an aged and infirm pensioner who sustains his life in the house of the rich on the wretched crust of poverty. — Soren Kierkegaard

Romantic love, or sex, is the only good thing in a life that is being lived in a dark way. — Alan Furst

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. — C.S. Lewis

The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades. — Barack Obama

No, I didn't wait for you
or sleep much at all
or raise one hope like a rag to wipe my lost face. — Paul Guest

As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear. — Eliot Spitzer

You'll never go wrong when you work with someone smarter than you. — Tibor Kalman

Girls are crazy and mean. They don't fight fair. — Suzanne Vega

Madeline began hearing people saying "Derrida". She heard them saying "Lyotard" and "Foucault" and "Deleuze" and "Baudrillard". That most of these people were those she instinctually disapproved of- upper-middle-class kids who wore Doc Martens and anarchist symbols- made Madeline dubious about the value of their enthusiasm. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Our planning consisted of starting up our project by generating some income through t-shirts and small products. Then we worked our way up with art shows and art projects that I'm creating under our collective. Only then did we announce the comic book, because if we don't do these things before, no one is going to care what you're doing for the bigger project that you've got coming next. We worked it up in steps, and once we announced the comic project it all came together. — K. Guillory