Tom Retterbush Quotes

#1. Where two or more are gathered in the name of Man; that is civilization; that is Order; and that is the beginnings of brutality and suffering.

Christopher Dutton

#2. When you're the single French person in the middle of 10 Tunisians, the majority will impose their way of life on the minority.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

#3. I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

Ricky Jay

#4. While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there menacing and threatening of us, and making a great noise. At last one of them came towards us, and the rest followed at a distance.

William Dampier

#5. Amazon has well passed any expectations of its ability to change distribution and marketing.

Eric Schmidt

#6. Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation.

Billy West

#7. as if we were both trying to get on a see-saw at the same time - neither of us pressed too hard and a delicate equilibrium was allowed to persist.

Zadie Smith

#8. For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published.

Alan Furst

#9. Poetry is the alchemy which teaches us to convert ordinary materials into gold.

Anais Nin

#10. Now, music almost feels naked in my mind.

Sean Lennon

#11. That's another argument for writing: making something that outlasts you.

Zia Haider Rahman