"Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint."

-- Christopher Hitchens

#Tactics Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Terrorism Quotes

“A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of artistic expression.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.”
“Round numbers are always false.”
“In reality long-term travel has nothing to do with demographics, age, ideology, income, and everything to do with personal outlook.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.10, Ballantine Books
“I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.”

Source : "What the Internet is hiding from you". Interview with Doug Gross, www.cnn.com. May 19, 2011.
“If you're going to play what-if --which, by the way, is a huge waste of time and energy, not to mention an act of supreme, center-of-the-universe narcissism-- you have to play it both ways. If you're going to imagine yourself as an accidental villain, you have to give yourself equal time as an unwitting hero. As somebody who prevented God-knows-what dire disaster simply by doing exactly the things you did.”
“I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.”
“Finding a programmer to work with if you don't already know one will be a challenge. Merely judging if a programmer is exceptional vs. competent will be very hard if you are not one yourself. When you do find someone, work together informally for a while to test your compatibility.”

Source : "The Advice For Any Woman Who Wants To Found A Startup" by Jessica Livingston, www.businessinsider.com. January 31, 2011.

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