"I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge."

--

Mikhail Bakunin

#Development Quotes #Inability Quotes #Details Quotes

“I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.”
“There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2014). “The Complete Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Dark Places, Sharp Objects”, p.18, Broadway Books
“We grasp because God does. We create, and fall short, because God does. We continue creating because we fell short, and fall short again, because God does. Because one act of creation, one attempt at capture, is only one breath and we must breathe again. And again. And again. Here we stand (and sit and sleep), the many images of the Imager, and we can do no other.”
“As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my own kids' forts and temporary architecture of all sorts.”
“In those days, we imagined ourselves as being kept in some kind of holding pen, waiting to be released into our lives. And when the moment came, our lives -- and time itself -- would speed up. How were we to know that our lives had in any case begun, that some advantage had already been gained, some damage already inflicted? Also, that our release would only be into a larger holding pen, whose boundaries would be at first undiscernible.”
“I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?”
“There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.”
“You would think that if any group in America had 20% to 25% unemployment, it would generate all kinds of attention. The Labor Department would understandably and necessarily begin to concentrate on what can we do to reduce this level of unemployment. Congress would give great time on the floor for debate on what can be done.”

You may also like: