"I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty."

-- Connie Willis

#Trials Quotes #Guilty Quotes

“It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships.”
“I would argue that search has made the world a better place. It has done so for reasons that arbitrarily could completely change that - not arbitrarily at all but to completely change how that plays out based upon the needs of profitability. So it's totally unreliable and it has many layers nested underneath that of many ulterior motives nested underneath it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.”
“What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?”
“It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this.”

Source : William Cowper Prime (1876). “I Go A-fishing”, p.143
“It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.”

Source : "Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand". Interview With Andy Battaglia, music.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.
“All I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another.... The problem is finding smile-inducing evil people, because the evil are the most humorless, though in the movies they frequently get some of the best lines.”
“Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.”

You may also like:

Harlan Ellison
Writer
Joe Haldeman
Author
Kim Stanley Robinson
Writer
Lois McMaster Bujold
Author
Nancy Kress
Fiction writer
Orson Scott Card
Novelist
Robert Silverberg
Author
Ursula K. Le Guin
Author
Vernor Vinge
Computer Scientist