Wonka Nerds Quotes & Sayings

Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious. — Martin Luther

Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty? — William Shakespeare

Is it not He whose immortal hand ... has written there the death sentence of tyrants? He did not create kings to devour the human race. He did not create priests to harness us, like vile animals, to the chariots of kings and to give to the world examples of baseness, pride, perfidy, avarice, debauchery and falsehood. He created the universe to proclaim His power.
[The Cult of the Supreme Being] — Maximilien De Robespierre

Because I'm not a bad guy, Nico. Gert couldn't have loved me if I was. I realize that now. — Brian K. Vaughan

The part of me that creates the stories exists only in solitude. The one who shows up to share anecdotes and answer questions is a poor substitute for the story-maker. — Stephen King

I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other. — Mads Mikkelsen

The world is changing and people don't like change. — Peter James

Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive. — Stewart Brand

You know the steez; you know my whole program. Brothers from the No-Lands, all we want is the G's guns and grams. — Raekwon

Some of what these pamphlets [of astrological forecasts] say will turn out to be true, but most of it time and experience will expose as empty and worthless. The latter part will be forgotten literally: written on the winds while the former will be carefully entered in people's memories, as is usual with the crowd. — Johannes Kepler

Be yourself, and live your life. Time wasted is never retrieved. Stop wasting time and use it profitably ... ! — Reason Nkosinathi Makhubela

You forget who submits, Eva," he said gruffly. "I've given up control for you. I've bent and adjusted for you. I'll do anything to keep you and make you happy. But I can't be tamed or topped. Don't mistake indulgence for weakness. — Sylvia Day

Nature, too, supports our personal blossoming (if we have any quiet exposure to her) through her spontaneities, through her beauty, power, and mirroring, through her dazzling variety of species and habitats, and by way of the wind, Moon, Sun, stars, and galaxies. — Bill Plotkin

Why do you dwell on things that don't matter when there are so many things that do? — Dennis Sharpe