English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Brian Perkins Quotes

It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy.

Brian Perkins

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called "Dead End." The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff. Aaron Carter
Adam Smith quote: "Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man."
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. Adam Smith
There seemed to be a mystifying universal conspiracy among textbook authors to make certain the material they dealt with never strayed too near the realm of the mildly interesting and was always at least a long-distance phone cacll from the frankly interesting. Bill Bryson
Children don’t read ‘genres’; they read stories. Below a certain age, they don’t distinguish between ‘true’ and ‘not true,’ because they see no reason that a white rabbit shouldn’t possess a pocket watch, that whales shouldn’t talk, or that sentient beings shouldn’t live on other planets and travel in spaceships. Science-fiction tropes aren’t read as ‘science fiction’; they’re read as fiction. And fiction is read as reality. And sometimes reality lives under the bed and has very large teeth,... Margaret Atwood
Sing, goddess, of Achilles' ruinous anger. Which brought ten thousand pains to the Achaeans, And cast the souls of many stalwart heroes. To Hades, and their bodies to the dogs. And birds of prey. Homer
Bo Jackson quote: "I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits."
I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits. Bo Jackson
I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see. Jack Lemmon
Friedrich Engels quote: "Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal."
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. Friedrich Engels
J. K. Rowling quote: "It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more..."
It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J. K. Rowling
Phaedrus quote: "That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer."
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. Phaedrus
George R. R. Martin quote: "Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you...."
Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you. George R. R. Martin
If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people. Robert Caro
It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly? Neil Innes
George Carlin quote: "What wine goes with Captain Crunch?"
What wine goes with Captain Crunch? George Carlin
Martin Scorsese quote: "I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times."
I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times. Martin Scorsese