The history of man
The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational, voluntary reaction to challenge. Erich Fromm
Graveyard
I think that\\’s the
I think that’s the graveyard of musicians, playing cabaret. I think I’d rather be dead than work in cabaret. It’s just so depressing. Elton John
You know, radio DJ\\’s
You know, radio DJ’s must really love to talk to theirselves. Especially when they have the graveyard shift. ‘Hey this is Ellen with 89.1. It is currently three in the morning. There are few cars on the road. And it your still listening heres a little music to get you to dance. Ellen DeGeneres
Many a fervid man
Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The stars begin to
The stars begin to fade like guttering candles and are snuffed out one by one. Out in the depths of space the great celestial cities, the galaxies cluttered with the memorabilia of ages, are gradually dying. Tens of billions of years pass in the growing darkness … of a universe condemned to become a galactic … Read more
The city itself swung
The city itself swung slowly toward us silent as a dream. No sign of life but puffs of steam from skyscraper chimneys, the motion of the traffic. The mighty towers stood like tombstones in a graveyard, leaning against the sky and waiting for — for what? Someday we’ll know. Edward Abbey
System debugging has always
System debugging has always been a graveyard-shift occupation, like astronomy. Fred Brooks
They say ‘life is
They say ‘life is precious’. To who? To you, when you’re young and you’ve got a few dollars in your pocket. Tell that to the 90-year-old lying awake at the graveyard shift in the nursing home, groaning with dementia. The only reason he hasn’t killed himself is that he hasn’t figured out a way he … Read more
It’s no accident that
It’s no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living. Diane Frolov
Welcome to the graveyard
Welcome to the graveyard of ambition. David Nicholls