Stiftung Quotes

#1. Stiftung is not enveloping thought, but open thought, not the intended and Vorhabe of an actual center, but an 'off-center' which will be rectified, not the positing of an end, but the positing of a style, not a frontal grasp but a lateral divergence, algae brought back from the depths.

Maurice Merleau Ponty

#2. I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.'

Roy Keane

#3. If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may be made separate ,by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.

Guru Nanak

#4. Boys never seemed stupider than when they were surprised by the bad behavior of other men.

Rebecca Scherm

#5. It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.

Matthew Crawford

#6. When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing.

Jon Foreman

#7. It. I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.

Markus Zusak

#8. To Harry Secombe: I hope you die first as I don't want you singing at my funeral.

Spike Milligan

#9. When our dreams don't come true, sometimes we can hand them down to our children and hope that they will come true for them. The joy can be immeasurable just the same.

Isabel Lopez

#10. Vice is basically the love of failure.

Elfriede Jelinek

#11. Only those who do not fight are never wounded.

Saint John Chrysostom