Cul De Sacs Quotes

#1. There are no philosophical problems, there is only a suite of interconnected linguistic cul de sacs created by language's inability to reflect the truth.

Victor Pelevin

#2. Some veil between childhood and the present is necessary. If the veil is withdrawn, the artistic imagination sickens and dies, the prophet looks in the mirror with a disillusioned and cynical sneer, the scientist goes fishing.

Margaret Mead

#3. Fawcett, quoting a companion, wrote that cannibalism at least provides a reasonable motive for killing a man, which is more than you can say for civilized warfare.

David Grann

#4. The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.

Adrianne Palicki

#5. People who say life is precious don't spend much time on line at the airport.

Dov Davidoff

#6. What were her biggest fears and concerns? What goals were most important to her? What trade-offs was she willing to make, and what ones was she not? Not everyone is able to answer such questions,

Atul Gawande

#7. The sky was turning the color of a fresh bruise as we pulled into my grandfather's subdivision, a bewildering labyrinth of interlocking cul-de-sacs known collectively as Circle Village.

Ransom Riggs

#8. I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.

Chad Pennington

#9. Sometimes the noes are just as important as the yeses because they represent cul-de-sacs, allowing you to narrow your field of inquiry until you stumble into the heart of the maze.

Sue Grafton

#10. Stick with the Dips that are likely to pan out, and quit the Cul-de-Sacs to focus your resources

Seth Godin

#11. Smile because you are amazing.

Debasish Mridha

#12. Day by day and night by night we were together - all else has long been forgotten by me.

Walt Whitman

#13. Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Be even more careful what you work for because you will get it even more quickly.

Colin Cunningham

#14. If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.

Elliott Smith

#15. This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

Bill Russell

#16. Arguing with one's self is beneficial.
Out of all the million voices in my head screaming for your death, you're lucky I heeded the one that wants to spare you this time.

Anonymous

#17. [on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.

Benedict Cumberbatch

#18. He lived a quiet existence where the future was easy to predict and the past was a cancer in remission. It was meaningful, of course. But it was lonely.

Adelheid Manefeldt

#19. All the cul-de-sacs are closed for Scotland.

Joe Jordan

#20. The bright side of life's unpredictability is that it's not over until it's over. As dark as the passages and confusing as the cul-de-sacs that you find yourself in are, progress is nevertheless being made. Something is unfolding. You are becoming.

Marion Winik

#21. If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy.

Evagrius Ponticus