Quotes of Piper - somelinesforyou

“ He who pays the piper calls the tune. ”

- Unknown

“ The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper. ”

- Geoffrey Faber

“ Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak. ”

- John LeCarre

“ Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. … I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. ”

- Albert Einstein
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