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:

David Brin Quotes

David Brin quote: "Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora."

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

David Brin

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

By giving the love act a name, if only an innocent little word like, "it," he paved the way for other words, words that would reflect physical love as in a set of mirrors. Milan Kundera
and what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere. Lewis Carroll
There was nothing to be done. From then on, there were flowers waiting for me every time we met, and in the end I gave in, because I was disarmed by the spontaneity of giving and understood tha Lucie cared for it; perhaps her tongue-tied state, her lack of verbal eloquence, made her think of flowers as a form of speech; not in the sense of heavy-handed conventional flower symbolism, but in a sense still more archaic, more nebulous, more instinctive, prelinguistic; perhaps, having always been... Milan Kundera
Alfred de Vigny quote: "On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history..."
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. Alfred de Vigny
George Orwell quote: "Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one..."
Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss. George Orwell
Cato quote: "Even though work stops, expenses run on."
Even though work stops, expenses run on. Cato
New Orleans life is such a night life. The thing that comes up very often is that our day essentially doesn't start until midnight or 2 in the morning. Robert Asprin
I'm going to take you out of here ... I'm going to take you home, to the world where you belong, where cats with bent tails live, and there are little backyards, and alarm clocks ring in the morning. Haruki Murakami
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Ambrose Bierce
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer..."
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again. Mitch McConnell
Tony Curtis quote: "Its not age as much as the experiences I have had."
Its not age as much as the experiences I have had. Tony Curtis
Sally Ride quote: "The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is..."
The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Sally Ride
Suze Orman quote: "The key to making money is to stay invested."
The key to making money is to stay invested. Suze Orman
I was left alone there in the company of orchids, roses and violets, which, like people who are kept waiting in a room beside you but do not know you, preserved a silence which their individuality as living things made all the more impressive... Marcel Proust