Arthur D. Hlavaty famous quotes

The map is not the territory, but you can't fold up the territory and put it in the glove compartment.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Territory #Maps #Gloves

The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Knowing #Secret #Getting What You Want

Some people's unwillingness to think for themselves represents accurate self-evaluation.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Thinking #Self #People

The whole point of society is to be less unforgiving than nature.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#History #Whole #Unforgiving

High culture is the ability to hear the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Thinking #Culture #Lone Ranger

Bars are closed on Election Day so people won't vote under the influence. Why are libraries closed?
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#People #Library #Bars

Cats would rule the world if they had longer attention spans.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Cat #Attention #World

Paranoia is the delusion that your enemies are organized.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Enemy #Paranoia #Delusion

Let's go to the food court and try some food.
-- Arthur D. Hlavaty

#Trying #Court

I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats.

The only logical solution to solve the Palestinian issue is to hold free elections with the participation of Palestinians inside and outside the occupied territories and a recognition of the nation's legitimacy

There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music.

The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

You can't use an old map to explore a new world.

To the astrologer, or at least to what I call the analytical astrologer, the natal chart virtually represents a living map to the kingdom of heaven which lies within.

The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that this tool, while tricky, is extraordinarily powerful and convenient.

The best translators slip into the glove of a text and then turn it inside out into another language, and the whole thing comes out looking like a brand-new glove again. I'm completely in awe of this skill, since I happen to be both bilingual and a writer, but nevertheless a lousy translator.

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

The gloves are like a second skin. They are part of me. An extension of me. I become hyperreal.