#lis

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#logic #mathematics #nothing #specialised #structures

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#business #friends #i #involve #likely

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alone #books #change #copies #feel

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#listening #put #should #time #want

I've realised I can be happy. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#happy #i #i can #realised

Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#english #flag #give #hoist #immediate

The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#compared #ensemble #make #polished #savages

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#anything #cannot #great #many #materialistic

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates. ↗

— John Pilger

#believed #century #classic #days #european

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling. ↗

— John Pistole

#airport #allows #beyond #checkpoint #concern