"Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role."

-- Susan Ertz

#Book Quotes #Giving Quotes #Long Quotes

“The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he know he is right, who can defy those in authority over him, who can take punishment and prison and remain steadfast-that is a man of courage. The fellow whom you taunt as a 'slacker' because he refuses to turn murderer-he needs courage. But do you need much courage just to obey orders, to do as you are told and to fall in line with thousands of others to the tune of general approval and the Star Spangled Banner?”

Source : Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.30, Lulu.com
“A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity.”

Source : Hermann von Helmholtz, David Cahan (1995). “Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays”, p.116, University of Chicago Press
“Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over....”
“Whatever I do, I should do it perfectly and correctly”
“I don't shave when I'm not working.”
“I'm a terrible sleeper. I get obsessive, repetitive thoughts and it's horrible.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time with my hair in a ponytail.”
“I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in the world, itâ€™s true, but there are also some great books. When I grow up I would like to write something that someone could read sitting on a bench on a day that isnâ€™t all that warm and they could sit reading it and totally forget where they were or what time it was so that they were more inside the book than inside their own head. Iâ€™d like to write like Delany or Heinlein or Le Guin.”

Source : Jo Walton (2011). “Among Others”, p.52, Macmillan

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