He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. – Walter Benjamin
Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text. – Walter Benjamin
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. – Walter Benjamin
Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred. – Walter Benjamin
Its not hard to get your way when its your way or the highway. People either follow suit or theyre not around. I dont really like the sound of that, cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. Im just very black and white when it comes to my business. Theres really no gray area. – Nicki Minaj