"'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'"

-- Adam McKay

#Military Quotes #Government Quotes #Scary Quotes

“The mechanical mind has a passion for control - of everything except itself. Beyond the control it has won over the forces of nature it would now win control over the forces of society of stating the problem and producing the solution, with social machinery to correspond.”

Source : "Revolt Against Mechanism". Book by L. P. Jacks, 1933.
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.”
“I don't think I've ever worked on a project [Paper Girls] that is this personal. We draw so much on our memories of growing and we're putting so much of our present day into it as well.”
“You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, to a point and realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue is necessary. When I say 'understanding', 'seeing', they mean something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where the question isn't there any more; there is nothing there that says "now I understand!" - that's the basic difficulty between us. By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get anywhere.”
“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.”
“Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.”

Source : Nick Hornby (2003). “Songbook”, p.123, Penguin
“Memory is dramatic present tense. You create it as you remember it.”
“Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.”

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