Wszechobecnych Quotes & Sayings

I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity. — Elsa Peretti

In the rosy glow it diffused her companions seemed full of amiable qualities. She liked their elegance; their lightness, their lack of emphasis: even the self-assurance which at times was so like obtuseness now seemed the natural sign of social ascendency. They were lords of the only world she cared for, and they were ready to admit her to their ranks and let her lord it with them. Already she felt within her a stealing allegiance to their standards, an acceptance of their limitations, a disbelief in the things they did not believe in, a contemptuous pity for the people who were not able to live as they lived. — Edith Wharton

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist. — Anita Borg

The creature was a horrific mix of animal and machine, and seemed to realize it was being observed, seemed to know what lay inside the walls of the Glade, seemed to want to get inside and feast on human flesh. — James Dashner

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything. — Eugene H. Peterson

Yeah well, my idea of exercising is jumping to conclusions, carrying things too far, pushing my luck. — K. Larsen