Shinta Bachir Quotes

#1. In a world gone mad, we will not spank the monkey, but the monkey will spank us

Francesco Totti

#2. We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will first cause us to fear and hate, knowing when we are in the grip of a great fear, we will abandon common sense and wisdom, we will forsake the hard-won lessons of time and experience.

Philip Gulley

#3. Children's parties were obviously places where any angel with an ounce of common sense should fear to tread.

Terry Pratchett

#4. Not I, but the city teaches.

Socrates

#5. I closed my eyes then but it was too dark to clearly see that vision that my body would conjure out of blood and the inside of skin when light hit it, but I'd seen it so often, examined it so carefully, that it wasn't hard for me to call to mind.

China Mieville

#6. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing!

Nathan Myhrvold

#7. The older you are when you buy an annuity, the shorter your life expectancy will be - so the greater a monthly paycheck the same sum of money will buy you. When interest rates are higher, the size of the paycheck for the same sum of money will rise also.

Jean Chatzky

#8. The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.

Andrew Eldritch