"Lavina led me to an abandoned warehouse. I think that at some point someone decreed that all clandestine meetings must be held in one. Woe to the criminal overlord who lives in a city thriving with commerce, with no empty warehouses to be found. He probably needs to build one, just to have a place to arrange late-night meetings. (Bewitched)"

-- Kelley Armstrong

#Night Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cities Quotes

“If you want to learn about America, watch The Wire. Its a profound piece of entertainment.”
“I don't concentrate on technical things like where a microphone is placed and things like that. As a producer, I try to keep the initial feeling from when I first heard a song and make sure we do what were initially aiming for.”
“What we call our data are really our own constructions of other peopleâ€™s constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.9, Basic Books
“If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very gladâ€¦ DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.”
“I've always been a fan and supporter of Prince. That's one of my inspirations.”
“The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire.”
“The greatest homage to truth is to use it.”
“What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns and affective reactions.”

Source : Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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