Zalim Istanbul Quotes & Sayings

Socrates' dialectic was a Greek, rational version of the Indian brahmodya, the competition that attempted to formulate absolute truth but always ended in silence. For the Indian sages, the moment of insight came when they realized the inadequacy of their words, and thus intuited the ineffable. In that final moment of silence, they had sensed the brahman, even though they could not define it coherently. Socrates was also trying to elicit a moment of truth, when his interlocutors appreciated the creative profundity of human ignorance. — Anonymous

Advocates of dumbing down should note the wonderfully perverse fact that 'University Challenge' and 'Mastermind' were watched by millions who could hardly even understand the questions, let alone ejaculate the answers. Maybe they just liked to watch smart people sweating. — Declan Lynch

I love eggs. When it's the season of truffles, scrambled eggs with truffles, and I'm happy. I'm smiling like that. — Eric Ripert

Be a prince; answer your God-given name ... Take those limitations off your life and rule your world. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science. — Samuel Johnson

To write is to stand at the edge of a bottomless well, unafraid of falling in. — Steven Ramirez