Commenter Quotes

#1. When one heated exchange (in English) led a commenter to write "Go fuck yourself!" in Lojban, it turned into a lengthy discussion of why he hadn't said what he meant to say, and what the proper Lojban expression for the sentiment might be.

Arika Okrent

#2. I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence.

Anthony Bourdain

#3. A critic is not a creative artist, is a commenter, a midwife of creativity, but not creative himself.

Terry Teachout

#4. As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

Anne-Marie Duff

#5. I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.

Henry Rollins

#6. What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.

Ludwig Von Mises

#7. He is, however," Amos continued, "keeping a constant rail gun lock on the Israel's reactor."
Holden ran his fingers through his hair. "So not too generous, then."
"Say pretty please, but carry a one-kilo slug of tungsten accelerated to a detectable percentage of c.

James S.A. Corey

#8. Don't pass on your passions, to settle in the stale normality. Endure. Strive. Ensure.

Anthony Liccione

#9. Vanity kills Your Morality : Total Worthless.
Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Petra Hermans

#10. It is better to agree with a "wrong" idea than to press a "right" idea on other people.

Frederick Lenz

#11. I started off in drama, and there are so many women that I admire. Women in this industry are gladiators. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Taraji Henson, Regina Hall, Regina King.

Bresha Webb

#12. A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

Mercy Otis Warren

#13. I think managers have realized that most software people are slightly brain damaged, that they're off on their own planets.

Eugene Jarvis

#14. I was once told that flying involves long hours of boredom, interrupted by moments of extreme fright.

Franklin W. Dixon

#15. Dennis faced him. They glared at each other again. Neither said a word until Dennis set the glasses down, leaned back against the counter, and folded his arms over his chest. "You're an idiot." "Seems to be a common conclusion. You're not my favourite person right now either.

Sloan Parker

#16. Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.

James Martineau

#17. Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.

J.G. Holland