Associatively Quotes

#1. Quite often they are lines of thought starting out from more than one centre, but not without their points of contact; almost invariably one train of thought is accompanied by its contradictory opposite, associatively linked to it by contrast.

Sigmund Freud

#2. I know any move I would make toward Darius, any act of recognition, would only result in punishment for him. So we just stare into each other's eyes. Darius, now a mute slave; me, now headed to death. What would we say, anyway? That we're sorry for the other's lot? That we ache for the other's pain?

Suzanne Collins

#3. I cannot organize my behaviour optimally if my goal is merely "to do my best." The assignment is too vague.

Nathaniel Branden

#4. It used to be that if you got on 'The Tonight Show,' your career was made. Now, if you're on 'The Tonight Show,' maybe 14 more people show up to your gig in Tulsa.

Mike Birbiglia

#5. I did leave something behind with you: my heart. Of course, you didn't know it at the time. Maybe I didn't either. What have you done with my heart, Leo? Have you taken good care of it? Have you misplaced it?

Jerry Spinelli

#6. You know the saying, don't kill the messenger? Hold that thought really, really close to your hearts. (Hermes)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#7. What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!

Pietro Aretino

#8. I've been making people laugh for 40 years, so I know how important it is!

Norman Wisdom

#9. The Serbs have only two friends, God and the Greeks.

Radovan Karadzic

#10. The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.

Bob Burg

#11. To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesn't think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism. And its purpose is to document all facets of social relationships.

Aaron Siskind