Tara Brabazon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • We might say that the dream tranforms the dreamer; that it possesses the ability to 'initiate', to bestow new meaning, to motivate new beginnings (Latin: initium - beginning), to permit our entrance (literally 'en-trance'; Latin: inire init - to go in) to new orders of relation between ourselves and the 'other'.

  • The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.

  • I am a teller of stories...a weaver of dreams. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather stand on my head. I know seven words of Latin. I have a little magic and a trick or two. I know the proper way to meet a dragon, can fight dirty but not fair, and once swallowed thirty oysters in a minute. I am not domestic. I am a luxury, and in that sense, necessary.

  • I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.

  • Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.

  • Wikipedia is a victory of process over substance.

  • Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.

  • Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did. Communities can build amazing things, but you have to be part of that community and you can't abuse them. You have to be very respectful of what their needs are.

  • You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.

  • I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.