Virii Quotes & Sayings

Most people are used to the T.V. comedy method of one joke every 18 seconds. And that's why it's not funny ... There's no time for anything to develop. — Ron Shock

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. — Seneca.

My first-ever friend was a hallucination: a sparkling entry on my new resume as a crazy person. — Francesca Zappia

Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. — Cory Doctorow

Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up — Cyprian Norwid

That Canadian team had a bunch of guys who are in the 1 percent: Crosby, Getzlaf, Perry, Carter, Richards and Weber - guys who would win Olympic gold and make $8 and $10 million a season down the line. Though a player might be in that 1 percent, no team is, not as a group. — Patrick O'Sullivan

the absurdity of a smoking skyscraper. — Hugh Howey

The closest analogy, the one her brain reached for and rejected and reached for again, was splashing into a lake. It was cold, but not cold. There was a smell, rich and loamy. The smell of growth and decay. She was aware of her body, the skin, the sinew, the curl of her gut. She was aware of the nerves that were firing in her brain as she became aware of the nerves firing in her brain. She unmade herself and watched herself being unmade. All the bacteria on her skin and in her blood, the virii in her tissues. The woman who had been Elvi Okoye became a landscape. A world. She fell farther in. — James S.A. Corey

It liberates the vandal to travel-you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction. — Mark Twain

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. — Andre Agassi

And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love. — Andy Warhol

I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging! — Natasha Henstridge

There's nothing you can't do if you get the habits right. — Charles Duhigg

Forget the boring old dictum "write about what you know." Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going to enhance your understanding of the world and write about that. — Rose Tremain

How much detention did you get?
Two weeks. One per arsehole. — Stephanie Perkins

Canada's health system, or rather its 13 provincial and territorial health systems, need to find more urgency and resolve for solutions to its healthcare sustainability challenge. A measure of tough love will be needed to maintain enduring values but to change outdated delivery models. Canada stands at the crossroads and needs to find the political will and managerial and clinical skill to establish a progressive coalition of the willing. — Mark Britnell