Atomised Quotes

#1. Has anyone sen Mr Snark "
"I saw him in the tunnel about 15 minutes ago."
"Oh no " wailed Dr Ferman "he will have been atomised."
"Oh dear" muttered an MP. "Bye-election.

Alexander McCall Smith

#2. I, however, was raised neither as Catholic nor as Jew. I was both, and nothing: a jewholic-anonymous, a cathjew nut, a stewpot, a mongrel cur. I was
what's the word these days?
atomised. Yessir: a real Bombay mix.

Salman Rushdie

#3. In ideal form of social control is an atomised collection of individuals focused on their own narrow concern, lacking the kinds of organisations in which they can gain information, develop and articulate their thoughts, and act constructively to achieve common ends.

Noam Chomsky

#4. I've never been interested in philosophy, but some of Jung's ideas seem useful in helping people understand pictures and so forth.

Sigmar Polke

#5. Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

Sydney Smith

#6. The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

Nancy Allen

#7. My 'Report to Greco' is not an autobiography.

Nikos Kazantzakis

#8. I had been in search of a model that would foster a global and open understanding, one that allowed me to shape my own belief system as I liked, informed by my own experiences and without having to conform to particular dogmas or doctrines.

Laurent Huguelit

#9. I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.

Billy Joel

#10. Why are man hole covers around? If you don't knwo the answer to the questions, you're not smart enough to work at microsoft

Malcolm Gladwell

#11. Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Atul Gawande

#12. I need you to be happy more than I need you to be here." Maggie

Samantha Young

#13. Maybe poetry took the life out of both of them,
Idea and friendship.

Kenneth Koch

#14. My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn't go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard.

Ben Affleck

#15. When I came out, I was 68, and I was totally prepared for my career to recede when I spoke to the press for the first time. What happened after that blew me away. I started getting more offers. My career blossomed.

George Takei