Quotes
Authors
Emily James Smith Putnam
"the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ... In the age-long war between men and women, she is a hostage in the enemy's camp. Her fortunes do not rise and fall with those of women but with those of men." --
Emily James Smith Putnam
#War Quotes
#Fall Quotes
#Men Quotes
“If it were possible to hold onto this sort of database and really be assured that only good guys get access to it, we might have a different discussion. Unfortunately, we don't know how to build systems that work that way. We don't know how to do this without creating a big target and a big vulnerability.”
“Before she knew what she was about, she was jumping about like a crazy woman, yelling, “Yes! Yes! I win!†“You don’t win,†Anthony snapped. “Oh, it feels like I’ve won,†she reveled.”
“Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.”
“Something horrible may have happened to you, but you always have a choice in how you respond to it. You have the "Why does bad stuff always happen to me? I'm never going to find happiness" option, and the "This sucks but I'm going to learn and evolve from it, examine what role I played in it, and ultimately it will help me become the person I'm supposed to be" option.”
“Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is to the world of sight. It shapes and gives new meaning. Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch.”
“It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.”
“Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!”
“I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.”
