Steampunkishness Quotes

#1. Losers, like autodidacts, always know much more than winners. If you want to win, you need to know just one thing and not to waste your time on anything else: the pleasures of erudition are reserved for losers. The more a person knows, the more things have gone wrong.

Umberto Eco

#2. Better be," Eve said. She mock-bit at his finger. "I could totally date somebody else, you know."
"And I could rent out your room."
"And I could put your game console on eBay."
"Hey," Shane protested. "Now you're just being mean.

Rachel Caine

#3. Nobody knows anything.

William Goldman

#4. There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books.

Jasper Fforde

#5. Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

Arianna Huffington

#6. A lot of modeling is how much crap you can take.

Lauren Hutton

#7. The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.

Geoff Mulgan

#8. Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake.

Daniel Radcliffe

#9. I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.

Joel Silver

#10. Life as a Divine Creator is effortless. You don't have to do things to make them happen; you call forth people, situations, and events from an inner decision of being.

Melanie

#11. If you believe in democracy, are you not thereby obliged to accept, without discrimination, the fall-outs that come with a democratic choice, even if this means the termination of the democratic process itself?

Wole Soyinka

#12. A place isn't a place until it has a bookstore.

Gabrielle Zevin

#13. Maori, Te'mutunga'ke'mai'o'te'rori'o'te'tangata
That uncontrollable laughter that causes milk to shoot through a Maori's nose when he sees a picture of Mike Tyson's face tattoo. Literally, 'What a fucking loser'.

Beryl Dov

#14. Optimism research teaches us that we should expect the best and have a contingency plan for the worst.

Paul Dolan

#15. I would inevitably get the girls who were interested in me because I was the guy from E.T. It was kind of tough. I can't deny ever capitalizing upon it but on the whole in my teens I was pretty virtuous.

Henry Thomas

#16. He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.

Friedrich Nietzsche