"Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Mean Quotes #Past Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“The serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend because the evidence is burned up.”
“If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.”

Source : Kevin Smith (2012). “Tough Sh*t Deluxe: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, p.266, Penguin
“I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!”

Source : "Your Next Pop Obsession: Betty Who". Interview with Seth Plattner, www.elle.com. August 5, 2013.
“Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes.”
“But it is pretty to see what money will do.”

Source : 'Diary' 21 March 1667
“I'll be there for you, as long as it works for me. I play a game, its called insincerity.”
“After moving to Los Angeles in the early '90s, I started looking into "music for picture" more seriously and in broader scope. My collaboration as a programmer and arranger with Graeme Revell exposed me for the first time to the full spectrum of film music, including the hectic demands of orchestral scoring and the power politics surrounding the finalization of any score for a major motion picture in Hollywood.”
“Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brutal reign and should decide his life, death, or permanent imprisonment. Personally, I would lock him away forever.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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