George R. R. Martin Quotes
I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm interested in doing everything and anything that I can to squeeze that creativity out of my brain. I guess I'm sort of a performance rat.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life.
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Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.
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Poetry is the deification of reality.
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The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.
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We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.
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There is no such thing as a German, French, or Anglo-American Expressionism! There are only young people trying to find their bearings in the world.
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I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
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I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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Note the men’s fear that if they reported this to the authorities, not only would they not be believed, they would be ridiculed.
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Praxagora: I want all to have a share of everything and all property to be in common; there will no longer be either rich or poor; ... I shall begin by making land, money, everything that is private property, common to all. ... Blepyrus: But who will till the soil? Praxagora: The slaves. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.
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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed.
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The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.
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I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.
