Norman Christof > Norman's Quotes

“Every place of refuge has its price.”
― The Eagles

“The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.”
― Winston Churchill

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Bad decisions make good stories.
--from an Internet list.”
― Ellis Vidler

“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
― Nelson Mandela

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

“You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

“There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

“You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We