Poul Anderson Quotes
We must understand that what Pascal said is true of every human being in the whole of space-time, ourselves included-'The last act is tragic, however pleasant all the comedy of the other acts. A little earth on our heads, and all is done with forever.'-understand it in our bones, so that we can live with it calmly if not serenely.
Poul Anderson
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
Ian Watson
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
Zygmunt Bauman
My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
Zach Roerig
I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
Gary Oldman
South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out.
Ice Cube
Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.
Leo Howard
Older Americans are perfect telemarketing customers, analysts say, because they are often at home, rely on delivery services, and are lonely for the companionship that telephone callers provide.
Charles Duhigg
I'm bad at trends. Just wear what you want and what suits you.
Alexa Chung
Again; in the tenth chapter of Deuteronomy we have the expression, “For Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords.”[318] And numerous are the Scriptural assertions that Jehovah is highly exalted above all gods, to be feared above all gods, and so on. If, then. He executed judgment upon the gods of Egypt, they must have been living beings: if He is contrasted with other gods, they must be real existences.
G. H. Pember
I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was eight, I was confused at being called 'bossy,' because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents - but the boys were not.
Emma Watson
We must understand that what Pascal said is true of every human being in the whole of space-time, ourselves included-'The last act is tragic, however pleasant all the comedy of the other acts. A little earth on our heads, and all is done with forever.'-understand it in our bones, so that we can live with it calmly if not serenely.
Poul Anderson