Introducing Quotes - Page 17

• Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair.

  Heath Ledger

  Dark, Knights, Order

  "Fictional character: The Joker". "The Dark Knight", 2008.

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• Aren't you going to introduce your little girlfriend to your mother?

  Ally Carter

  Mother, Girlfriend, Littles

  Ally Carter (2011). “Only the Good Spy Young”, p.237, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children! Burn your credit cards and wear high heels! Asylum doors stand open! Fill the suburbs with murder and rape! Divine madness! Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets! Laugh and the world laughs with you!

  Grant Morrison

  Children, Honesty, Dirty

  "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth". Comic book by Grant Morrison, 1989.

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• I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones we have clearly assume a level of common sense that's lacking.

  Michelle Sagara

  Law, Common Sense, Levels

  Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.837, MIRA

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• Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.

  Robertson Davies

  Knowledge, Order, Healthy

  Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

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• Ambassador Winters, allow me to introduce my aunt Abby and her....boyfriend.' Townsed tensed. Abby glared. And Rebecca Baxter looked like she was going to choke on her chewing gum.

  Ally Carter

  Winter, Aunt, Gum

  Ally Carter (2012). “Gallagher Girls: Out of Sight, Out of Time”, p.125, Hachette UK

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• Innovation is applied creativity. By definition, innovation is always about introducing something new, or improved, or both and it is usually assumed to be a positive thing.

  Ken Robinson

  Creativity, Innovation, Definitions

  Ken Robinson (2011). “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative”, p.103, John Wiley & Sons

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• Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which above all things should be avoided, and in many instances would compel men to a mode of Worship which they do not profess.

  George Washington

  Religious, Army, Men

  George Washington, John Carey (1795). “Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress,: Written, During the War Between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency, George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, Now President of the United States”, p.93

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• One open way of speaking introduces another open way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Wine, Discovery, Speech

  Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.1032, Delphi Classics

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• Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Children, Knowledge, Enemy

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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• To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow men a secret element of gusto.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Men, Imagination, Secret

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1900). “A Christmas Sermon”, p.6, Library of Alexandria

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• If you introduce yourself to anyone as Mrs. Dracula, I'll bite you in a manner you won't enjoy.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Enjoy, Bites, Ifs

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• Clary sat back. "You don't just get to say no." "This plan involves me! I get to say no! No." "Simon -" Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. "Let me introduce you to my good friend No.

  Cassandra Clare

  Good Friend, Sitting, Sat

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• No. Absolutely not.” “Simon,” she said. “It’s a perfectly fine plan.” “The plan where you follow Jace and Sebastian off to some unknown dimensional pocket and we use these rings to communicate so those of us over here in the regular dimension of Earth can track you down? That plan?” “Yes.” “No,” he said. “No, it isn’t.” Clary sat back. “You don’t just get to say no.” “This plan involves me! I get to say no! No.” “Simon—” Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. “Let me introduce you to my good friend No.

  Cassandra Clare

  Good Friend, Track, Pockets

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• Most of those men don’t want to sleep with you,” he said in blunt rebuttal. “I reserve the right to introduce my fist to the faces of the ones who do.

  Nalini Singh

  Sleep, Men, Fists

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Angels' Flight: A Guild Hunter Collection”, p.153, Penguin

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• I told them [the producers] I couldn't compound the lie that Black fathers don't care about their children. I was proud of the family life I was able to introduce to television.

  Esther Rolle

  Children, Lying, Father

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• Friends of yours, eh?" I think one of them's about to faint." Oh, my god. "That's Chloe Dale," I said without turning arouind. "She suffers from high oestrogen levels. I can introduce you if you like." Gideon's smile grew wilder. "Maybe I'll take you up on that some other time. Now, come on. We still have a lot to do today." He took my arm (a loud squel could be heard from the steps and guided me towards the limousine.

  Kerstin Gier

  Thinking, Suffering, Steps

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• ...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.

  Donald Miller

  Jesus, Believe, People

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with some one long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family.

  Chelsea Handler

  Funny, Women, Love You

  Chelsea Handler (2009). “Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• My goal has always been to introduce other people to running. They might accomplish something they never thought they could.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, People, Goal

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• Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature. In a society accustomed to dominating or 'improving' nature, this respectful imitation is a radically new approach, a revolution really. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her.

  Janine Benyus

  Innovation, Eras, Revolution

  Janine M. Benyus (2009). “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to become, after a time, an indispensable necessity taken for granted by everyone. Luxury consumption provides industry with the stimulus to discover and introduce new, things. It is one of the dynamic factors in our economy. To it we owe the progressive innovations by which the standard of living of all strata of the population has been gradually raised.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Taken, Luxury, People

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Liberalism: The Classical Tradition: The Economist”, p.19, VM eBooks

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• Very few people realise that sex is a psychic and not a physical act. The clumsy coupling of human beings is simply a biological paraphrase of this truth - a primitive method of introducing minds to each other, engaging them. But most people are stuck in the physical aspect, unaware of the poetic rapport which it so clumsily tries to teach.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Sex, Psychics, People

  Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.272, Faber & Faber

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• If you give yourself one complete minute of focused presence, to simply stop; even to listen to your heart beating, it will take you out of your head and introduce you to the moment which is complete in itself. It is not on the way to another moment. It is not a bridge to another opportunity. It is the timeless perfection So stopand sink into this timeless moment.

  Mooji

  Heart, Opportunity, Bridges

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• A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J. Brown carries the reader through Welty's long, productive writing career and introduces her family and friends along the way. The book's very readable text, its lovely use of Welty quotes, and its excellent photographs make the work a treasure. This intimate look at Eudora Welty is a welcome addition for her readers.

  William R. Ferris

  Book, Writing, Careers

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