Pythagoras Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
-
We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
-
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
-
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
-
What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
-
I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
-
When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
-
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
-
The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
-
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
-
People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
-
I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
-
Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
-
Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
-
It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
-
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
-
A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to help launch them. And the agent is really necessary to represent all of the business interests of the author.
-
Nobody can stop you but you. And shame on you if you're the one who stops yourself.
-
The Old Vegas is gone. It's not that it's necessarily better or worse; it's just totally different.
-
We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target.
-
Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden.
-
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
