Reconstituting Quotes

#1. People invent new machines and improve existing ones almost unconsciously, rather as a Somnambulist will go walking in his sleep. The interesting puzzle in our times is that we so willingly sleepwalk through the process of reconstituting the conditions of human existence.

George Orwell

#2. I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

#3. A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Jean Giraudoux

#4. Pre-Industrial Europe: Where Enlightenment Died In the sixteenth century there was a religious and political upheaval in Europe. As part of the chaos of that time, the religious and political forces began to impose their agenda into every aspect of human life, especially

Stephan Aarstol

#5. The most important thing in any endeavour is to get involved in the fight, and in that way learn what to do next.

Robert Harris

#6. Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model.

Treat Williams

#7. I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.

Marissa Mayer

#8. Here is a fish swimming around comfortably and (he thinks) unobtrusively, flicking here and there amongst the kelp and the plankton. Draw away for the long view and there's the kicker: It's a goldfish bowl.

Stephen King

#9. I've always dreamed of franchising an airline, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it.

Henry Silverman

#10. When you're rich, 'crazy' is just 'eccentric'.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#11. If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.

Georgy Zhukov