Ariadne's Thread Quotes

#1. Whoever has the desire to pursue philosophy correctly should look to Nature's Archetype in every matter, so that by taking up Ariadne's thread in her intricate labyrinth he may keep himself safe and secure from wrong turns and deviant paths.

Athanasius Kircher

#2. Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ... Human beings have always needed hope, and surely now more than ever.

Lloyd Alexander

#3. With words we begin to leave traces behind us like breadcrumbs: memories in symbols for others to follow. Ants deploy their pheromones, trails of chemical information; Theseus unwound Ariadne's thread. Now people leave paper trails.

James Gleick

#4. plot is not the story, but an Ariadne's thread you follow through a labyrinth of scenes.

David Morley

#5. Where there is truth and error there is always compromise. Within some churches there is a movement to reshape the Christian message
to make it more acceptable to man.

Billy Graham

#6. Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best of Lawrence Block, which is to say that this is very good stuff, indeed.

George Pelecanos

#7. A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

Dieter Rams

#8. I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

Jonathan Lethem

#9. The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do.

J. Ogden Armour

#10. Our practice is to water the flower in our loved one, and not bring them more garbage.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#11. I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff.

Jan Koum

#12. The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ... and learning to go on with what she had left.

Lisa Kleypas

#13. The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

Sydney J. Harris

#14. The Captain, so close as he was, didn't warrant their attention. Even a fly on a horse's hindquarters gets a tail whip. And that is the thick of it. We are less than flies to these foul foes.

Greever Williams

#15. Our mantra was simplicity.

Donna Dubinsky

#16. If you'd given yourself to someone else, you wouldn't be mine. And that would seriously piss me off.

Kristen Ashley

#17. I don't think I'm craving any more fame. But success and being recognized for making great work all around the world, I think it's a great thing.

John Legend