FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being. ... (Friedrich Nietzsche)

What good shall I do this day? ... (Benjamin Franklin)

Someone with a low degree of epistemic arrogance is not too visible, like a shy person at a cocktail party. We are not predisposed to respect humble people, those who ... (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there's no such thing as a boring biography of them - you can read every ... (Robert Gottlieb)

I want my girls to see their relationship with me as a place of refuge, a place they can retreat to for honesty, unconditional love, and support. I want to ... (Hilary Flower)

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk. ... (Fran Lebowitz)

My New Year's Eve is always 2 July, the night before my birthday. That's the night I make my resolutions. And this year scares the life out of me, because ... (Tracey Emin)

Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. ... (Nicolas Cage)

Odysseus draped the towel over his shoulders and stretched his back. "You remember practicing with wooden swords? All the moves, the blocks, the counters, getting your footwork right, learning how ... (David Gemmell)

I as a Judge of the Supreme Court of America should not be emotional", said Chief Justice Earl Warren, "but I must confess that though I have travelled all over ... (Munindra Misra)

Even though our physical reality is more like an illusion, it is still the "illusion" that helps us evolve, so we should take it seriously. Giving up in life or ... (Pao Chang)

I've heard you're the only person who's allowed to put Travis in his place. That's an honorable title. ... (Jamie McGuire)

In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun ... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again in ... (Edmond Halley)

McDaniel, stay, if you would. We have a game to finish and business to discuss." Van Buren strode to the chestnut bar and poured two glasses of Glen Garioch, 1958 ... (M.V. Miles)

She just keeps kissing my scars. Every scar. She knows about them all. She watched them all appear and heal. Sophie's lips against me make every punch, every kick, every ... (Chelsea Fine)

So I can say I used to have a waist. ... (Katie McGrath)

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed. ... (Kanye West)

Negative habits eat you up. They're the biggest roadblocks that prevent you from realising your fullest potential; and the very first step towards crafting real change is to become aware ... (Manprit Kaur)

Sometimes doing things we used to do reminds us of who we used to be, and not always in good ways. ... (Brandon Sanderson)

Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present. ... (Joichi Ito)

Touched her shoulder, she flinched. "I need to do this, Vicky. It's the right thing to do. I need to do everything I can to make sure my boy has ... (Michael Robertson)

All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others. ... (Milarepa)

Individuals need life structure. A life lacking in comprehensible structure is an aimless wreck. The absence of structure breeds breakdown. Structure provides the relatively fixed points of reference we need. ... (Alvin Toffler)

I was like, I don't know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn't talked ... (Katy Perry)

The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to ... (John Charles Polanyi)

It is not worthiness the Narcissist feels when he or she communicates "I deserve." Narcissistic entitlement has nothing to do with genuine self-esteem, which comes from real accomplishment and being ... (Sandy Hotchkiss)

Life can be about taking chances and finding really great things and yes, failing sometimes. Or it can be about wondering what if because you never dared to try. ... (Lauren Dane)

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume. ... (Pope Francis)

You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. In scarcity, people will tend to steal. If you make things available, people tend not ... (Jacque Fresco)

There's more to life than being a passenger. ... (Ava Dellaira)