"Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own."

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Writing Quotes #Views Quotes

“I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and all that chronological 'and then this happened and then blah blah' doesn't appeal to me that much. I think there's more mystique in what you don't know about.”
“Lord Manu had said it's not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.”
“So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!”
“Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the deed which is good. The morally good agent may perform the deed which is bad. Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.”

Source : Robert Penn Warren (1996). “All the King's Men”, p.593, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“There's always been violence in movies, and there will always be violence in movies. Whether it lends to the one psychotic that's out there, thinking the worst thoughts you could possibly thing, is always going to be a mystery.”
“Coaching has been my entire life.”

Source : "Hall of Fame UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian dies aged 84", www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2015.
“When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait, tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp.”
“It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumption”

Source : "The Systems Approach" by C. West Churchman, (p. ix), 1968.

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