Diax's Quotes

#1. You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake' ...

Neal Stephenson

#2. I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study (the Bible) an hour. You know, I
was half out of my head-stoned almost.

Bobby Fischer

#3. They're Americans when they win races, and when they get conscripted into the army,' Dave said. 'But they're Negroes when they want to buy the house next door to yours.

Ken Follett

#4. I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

Scott Hamilton

#5. For now, we live in the mall, but I think it's closing soon.

Grafton Tanner

#6. Montalbano and Valente seemed not to have heard him, looking as if their minds were elsewhere. But in fact they were paying very close attention, like cats that, keeping their eyes closed as if asleep, are actually counting the stars.

Andrea Camilleri

#7. We declare that no one is permitted to introduce, or to describe, or to compare, or to study, or otherwise to teach another faith. Whoever presumes to introduce or teach or pass on another creed ... or whoever presumes to introduce a novel doctrine ... We declare to be anathematized.

Pope Agatho

#8. Not that I'm against meat eating. But I think we're eating too much.

Michael Pollan

#9. Distortion is part of desire. We always change the things we want.

Siri Hustvedt

#10. Diax said something that is still very important to us, which is that you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it.

Neal Stephenson