Vorgestellt Quotes

#1. ... in the case where the self is merely represented and ideally presented (vorgestellt), there it is not actual: where it is by proxy, it is not. -Hegel, Phenomenology of Mind

Guy Debord

#2. A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

James Scott Bell

#3. Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other."
"So does our mailman back in North Dakota," said Adrian.

Richelle Mead

#4. To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

Jean Rostand

#5. At their core, misogyny and racism are very similar modes of thinking. Both diminish and disrespect a class of people based on a trait that is wholly distinct from their ideas, their carriage and their conduct.

Dessa Darling

#6. Now then," he mused, "how does one fly a dragon?

Nicole Sager

#7. Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to Heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see 'em again 'til the Fourth of July

Nirvana

#8. I can't see the forest through the trees, except the trees are people.

Sloane Crosley

#9. 'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

Dick Morris

#10. Science is all metaphor.

Timothy Leary

#11. Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

Dominique Wilkins

#12. Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.

Mandy Hale