Stanislaw Lem Famous Quotes
Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.
"Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible."
Stanislaw Lem Quotations
"It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are."
Penelope Fitzgerald
"To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood."
George Santayana
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
Duffy Daugherty
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
Buddha
If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
French Proverb
"If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit give it nothing which may tend to its increase."
Epictetus
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Aesop
The Joker Wait'll they get a load of ME
Batman
"But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain"
Lois McMaster Bujold