Wipedrive Quotes & Sayings

War was simply a slaughterhouse on wheels, he thought. For most men, soldiering was tragedy expressed as a profession. — Simon Sebag Montefiore

If someone is aiming a blaster at your ally, do you raise your ligthsaber to prevent it, or do you do nothing because a Jedi isn't supposed to take aggressive action? I mean, where's the line, Jacen? We're in a war for survival , and defense sometimes means having to eliminate the opposition.
-Anakin Solo — James Luceno

Miguel hated the corn, said the plants seemed . . . alive. When Finn reminded him that, duh, of course the corn was alive, all plants were alive, Miguel replied that the corn sounded alive alive. As if it wasn't just growing, it was ripping itself out of the ground and sneaking around on skinny white roots. — Laura Ruby

I realized in all the cases where I was happy with the decision I made, there were two common threads: Surround myself with the smartest people who challenge you to think about things in new ways, and do something you are not ready to do so you can learn the most. — Marissa Mayer

Ultimate questions will always lie beyond the scope of empirical science as it is. — Paul Davies

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books. — Julian Clary

The only driver for his work was desire, a kind of hunger for reality, for presence, and also for intimacy, as opposed to publicity. In a very wide sense, he was interested in transcendence. — Peter Stamm