Pekka Himanen Quotes

#1. Dear Gods Nick what have you done while I was gone?

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#2. I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Miguel De Cervantes

#3. Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, [the scientist and natural philosopher] walks in the midst of wonders.

John Herschel

#4. Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

Mark Twain

#5. If Sean's voice is layers of wood, and Mina Ma's is the voice a copper pot, then Mathew Mercer's is the voice of a wild animal. I suddenly think of a movie Ammara and I loved when we were little, and I think of Scar, the lion who murdered his brother to become king. That kind of voice.

Sangu Mandanna

#6. High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of generations a relay race in which everyone surpasses his predecessor ...

Milan Kundera

#7. Mitterrand had a sense for symbols, and he was the first Socialist president since 1958. He wanted to show that there is historical continuity, a connection with the great figures of French history.

Francois Hollande

#8. The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

Phil Mickelson

#9. People buy products if they're better.

James Dyson

#10. One might say that there is an "ethics barrier " a speed above which ethics can no longer exit. After that point the only remaining goal is to survive the immediate moment.

Pekka Himanen

#11. There came over me a terrifying sense of understanding about the meaning and the pathetic destiny of men. The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.

John Fante

#12. If you let it, your testimony, and even what you're going through or have been through can help others. Don't let your past go to waste. Use it.

Naya S.

#13. I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.

Victoria Moran

#14. It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

Donnie Yen