February 2012
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“Ceux-ci semblent plus violents, plus éclatants, mais c’est que nos modernes...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“path of least resistance. There are certain things in life we all have to do....”
– Mark Cuban How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It (via Yupster2)
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“où donc est cet adoucissement des mœurs par la civilisation ? Elle...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“Peter Alliss, golfer and commentator, 81;”
– The Independent BIRTHDAYS in The Independent (via Geraldo)
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“Fear of intimacy is an urban myth.”
– Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo He’s Just Not That Into You (via )
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“Ce système de la régénération de l’humanité par l’intelligence de ses intérêts...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“Reed Elsevier, the FTSE 100-listed publisher of academic journals, has withdrawn...”
– By STEPHEN FOLEY Boycott threat ends Reed's support for new law in The Independent (via Geraldo)
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“The universe is a quantum computer.”
– Seth Lloyd Programming The Universe (via Paul Kendall)
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“‘a means of social engineering and monitoring of conformism’ (Macfarlane and...”
– Jo?lle Fanghanel Being an Academic (via Miss L C Platt)
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“Still, the motive was exploration, not fraud, and it was considered bad form to...”
– Steven Levy Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition (via )
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“Maybe this is just me, because my priorities have changed as I’ve gotten older....”
– Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo He’s Just Not That Into You (via )
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“Main difference: Mars is much smaller (6794 km). Surface gravity only 38%...”
– Marcus Chown, Govert Schilling Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas (via Paul Kendall)
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“It was a philosophy of sharing, openness, decentralization, and getting your...”
– Steven Levy Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition (via Youngjin Yoo)
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“As novelist George Orwell is often quoted as saying, “In a time of universal...”
– David Kupelian How Evil Works (via GaryMac)
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“When Maria came to look back on her days at Oxford, which, to her credit, she...”
– Jonathan Coe The Accidental Woman (via ROBBIE W)
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“Tu te souviendras alors de cette larme d’aujourd’hui : mais ce ne sera plus...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“A compulsion to “fix” other people appears to be a part of that amorphous...”
– Barbara Oakley Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts (via sandio)
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“Todos tenemos momentos en los que pensamos con más claridad, y momentos en que...”
– Josh Kaufman MBA Personal (Spanish Edition) (via )
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“You never know when something you never even considered could happen, will...”
– Mark Cuban How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It (via Yupster2)
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“Il n’y a pas de malheurs pour les cœurs faibles. Le malheur veut un cœur...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“In short, every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life;...”
– Virginia Woolf Orlando: A Biography (via Sharon Jones)
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“As you can see, in many ways this war for America’s body and soul is a chess...”
– David Kupelian How Evil Works (via GaryMac)
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“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the...”
– Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray (via Paul Kendall)
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“the Yahoos were a species of animals utterly incapable of amendment by precept...”
– Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels (Tor Classics) (via Paul Kendall)
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“Ses yeux étaient mouillés de larmes : étaient-ce les larmes de cette nuit...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“You don’t love somebody because of their looks or their clothes or their car....”
– L.J. Smith Night World No. 1 (via )
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“I passed Bobby a sandwich. The dog made a beeline for Bobby’s leg, clamped his...”
– Tamworth Grice Nasty Disposition (via Paul Kendall)
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“The lack of familiarity with mass death, with plague, war, and famine, seemed to...”
– Teju Cole Open City: A Novel (via Eric Hanson)
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“In my mind I could see myself wading in and then I could hear a roar as round...”
– Prue Batten Gisborne: Book of Pawns (via Fanny T.)
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“By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. ‘Tis waking that kills us.”
– Virginia Woolf Orlando: A Biography (via Sharon Jones)
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“3 A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs...”
– B&H Publishing Group The Holy Bible: HCSB Digital Text Edition (via Stormbringer)
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“Hardly modulating the tone, the Lord continued to speak, now to the whole group:...”
– Walter Wangerin Jr. Jesus (via )
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“PEPPERMINT (Mentha piperita) Common Uses Allergies (herbal rinse) Peppermint,...”
– Shawn Dvm Messonnier Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats: Your A-Z Guide to Over 200 Conditions, Herbs, Vitamins, and Supplements (The Natural Vet) (via )
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“Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.”
– Virginia Woolf Orlando: A Biography (via Sharon Jones)
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“Make It Safe”
– Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler Crucial Conversations Skills (via KenGCrawford)
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“Et il se voyait lui-même perdu comme un grain de sable dans cet étrange univers,...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“TWELVE LEAST CONTAMINATED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1. Onions 2. Avocado 3....”
– Daniel G. Md Amen Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day (via BillEdelen)
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“TWELVE MOST CONTAMINATED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1. Celery 2. Peaches 3....”
– Daniel G. Md Amen Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day (via BillEdelen)
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“Qui a connu de tels instants ? une ineffable espérance vivifie l’âme comme...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“Parfois, au contraire, c’étaient des instants de bonheur qui dépassaient ses...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“if ever the time should come, as perhaps it must come to each of us, when all...”
– George MacDonald Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. (via Mario A. Betancourt)
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“compared to those who defend the indefensible for a living and are unconstrained...”
– David Kupelian How Evil Works (via GaryMac)
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“Parfois, dans une confuse conscience, il se voyait condamné à vivre dans une...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“One lady who took to the bar rather a lot liked to do high kicks in a manner...”
– Ged Gray Somebody Thinks This Is Somewhere (via neil)
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“ED MILIBAND is being groomed by Dennis Skinner to become a more effective...”
– Associated Newspapers Ltd. Skinner: Red Ed’s new beast friend in The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday (via Peter Grant)
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“Well, Shakespeare said it best, I say, ‘’Tis better to bear the ills you know,...”
– Tony Zimbardi-LeMOns Forever Dads; A Gay Couple’s Journey to Fatherhood (via christopherlutz)
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“L’air frais put à peine le rafraîchir. Sa respiration était difficile, il...”
– Fédor Mikhaïlovitch Dostoïevski L’Esprit souterrain (French Edition) (via Q9F)
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“L’amore dà libertà. L’amore è libertà.”
– Osho Quell’oscuro intervallo è l’amore (Italian Edition) (via )
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“¿Por qué las compañías de seguros de vida pagan indemnizaciones de muerte a...”
– Herman Melville Moby Dick (Spanish Edition) (via )
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“’Go into the ballot box and just write against each name: b*****d, b*****d,...”
– Associated Newspapers Ltd. QUOTES OF THE WEEK in The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday (via Peter Grant)