Plerumque Quotes

#1. Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those who want to learn, the obstacle can often be the authority of those who teach]

Michel De Montaigne

#2. The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.

Jack Hanna

#3. One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#4. If I just 'AM'..Does it matter if I am a Man or a Woman..
If I be 'LOVE'..Does it matter who is at the other end...
If I choose 'LIFE'..Does it matter if it's mine or another's..

Abha Maryada Banerjee

#5. I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy, but maybe people see me, and they don't want to step out of line, or equate disagreement with stepping out of line with a writer they like.

Roxane Gay

#6. A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.
[Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]

Susan Sontag

#7. When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.

Amanda Peet

#8. Any demand is frigid until desire, until neurosis forms in it.

Roland Barthes

#9. Sense is the song you sing out into the world, and the song the world sings back to you.

Ari Berk