Terminal Quotes

103 quotes by 90 authors

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist… — Orson Scott Card
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to… — Noam Chomsky
Psychoanalytic theory is the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the twentieth century and a terminal product as well-something akin to a dinosaur or zeppelin… — Peter Medawar
No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which he will not circumvent, which… — Philip K. Dick
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view… — John Shelby Spong
Hell is out of fashion - institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between… — J. G. Ballard
Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the umwelt… — John Vaillant
My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my… — Arabella Weir
One day I visited a guy who had made a fortune as a broker. He was sitting in his office with his computer. I hire… — Studs Terkel
Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only blessing; but to… — William Styron
I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself. — Dennis Potter
Who knows? If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded… — Hunter S. Thompson
Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you Âfinish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self… — Anne Enright
Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This is a perilous… — Oswald Spengler
The first word you see at the airport is 'terminal'. — Beano Cook
A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the moon. Many ALS patients want to… — Steve Gleason
Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense. — Gene Spafford
Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of… — Alain de Botton
A true noun, an isolated thing, does not exit in nature. Things are only the terminal points, or rather the meeting points of actions, cross… — Ernest Fenollosa

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