quotes about Two Roads

last updated: November 28, 2023

You couldn't take two roads. And once you were on one, there was no going back.
-- Kami Garcia

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Each civilization may choose one of two roads to travel, that is, either fret itself to death, or pet itself to death. And in the course of doing one or the other, it eats its way into the Universe, turning cinders and flinders of stars into toilet seats, pegs, gears, cigarette holders and pillowcases, and it does this because, unable to fathom the Universe, it seeks to change that Fathomlessness into Something Fathomable.
-- Stanislaw Lem

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“Art is an indecent exposure of the consciousness.”
“Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.”
“The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.”
“I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.”
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”

Source : "Can We Gain Strength From Shame?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 11, 2013.
“Do ants get headaches?”
“Don't commit suicide, because you might change your mind two weeks later.”

Source : Art Buchwald (2006). “Too Soon to Say Goodbye”, p.37, Random House
“Power is the recognition of necessity.”
“So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.”

Source : Lurlene McDaniel (2007). “The Girl Death Left Behind”, p.134, Laurel Leaf
“I've been playing the CNN Drinking Game, have you ever played that? Where you do a shot every time George Bush says the word "evil"? Oh, I'm a wreck! You gotta do a double shot every time he says "evildoers". Chug the bottle for "axis of evil". Are you a president or an exorcist?!”