Xkcd Book Quotes & Sayings

Only a fool makes threats he's not prepared to carry out. If I were to threaten to hit you unless you shut your mouth, and you presumed to speak, what do you think I'd do? — George R R Martin

Trust is like the air we breathe
when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices. — Warren Buffett

Poetry is a projection across silence of cadences arranged to break that silence with definite intentions of echoes, syllables, wave lengths. — Carl Sandburg

I've made so many mistakes. But it is my feeling that you learn from failures, so I welcome them as often as I can. — David Duchovny

The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom does not belong to any one culture or religion, nor does it come only from the West or the East. Rather it is a tradition of human warrior-ship that has existed in many cultures at many times throughout history. — Chogyam Trungpa

And god damit,
I can barely say your name,
So I'll try to write it,
And fill the pen with blood from the sink. — Pierce The Veil

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. — Gore Vidal

Animals are not like people. If you leave them alone, they won't hurt you. But people will, even if you've done no wrong. — Vaddey Ratner

They said that war will be the solution to end the conflict and problems, but they never said what will be the solution for the problems and conflicts created by the war itself. — Shrey Srivastava

Sometimes fear grips me that these fragile moments of life will fade away. It seems that I write against erasure. — Assia Djebar

There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers. — Lemony Snicket

Who are you?" because even now, she couldn't let her questions go. "What are you?"
That face that wasn't a face smiled. It was the most terrible thing she'd ever see, ever. "Magnus" he said. "I'm the end. — Rachel Caine

In an era of grassroots change, the top of the pyramid is too far away from where the action is to make much of a difference. It — Seth Godin

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage. — Mel Brooks