6th September 1965 Quotes & Sayings

They were not the same eyes with which he had last looked at this particular scene, and the brain which interpreted the images the eyes resolved was not the same brain. There had been no surgery involved, just he continual wrenching of experience. — Douglas Adams

A successful day is one in which you have stayed in touch with Me, even if many things remain undone at the end of the day. Do not let your to-do list (written or mental) become an idol directing your life. — Sarah Young

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness. — Charles Duhigg

Then, Valentine's Day came. There was a dance, and balloons and flowers and cheaply made rings and all sorts of lame teddy bears and stuffed animals, as if teenagers can be wooed with the same shit as five-year-olds. It was the Dietzes' most hated holiday of the year, too, because it dealt with the consumerization of something sacred. Mom and Dad had agreed never to buy each other anything on the day. It was a false, Hallmark holiday. A sham. A moneymaking sideshow for insecure couples who didn't have true love. I agreed with this, for the most part. — A.S. King

But perhaps the best words of wisdom come from Anne Gilberto of East Boston, who's been married to Steve for more than 50 years. In that time, they've reached a form of compromise that not only gets things done but also lets them both take satisfaction in having had their own way. The secret to their long marriage, say Anne, is this:
'I always give him the last word. I tell him what to do, and he says, 'Yes, ma'am. — Christine Schultz

are the last woman I will ever love. — Jamie McGuire

His heart missed a beat and never regretted the lovely loss. — Vladimir Nabokov

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight. — James Levine

I'm here to live, and I feel small. — Stephanie Perkins

What happened to a dream without a dreamer? — Janet Fitch

As a cultural form, database represents the world as a list of items and it refuses to order this list. In contrast, a narrative creates a cause-and-effect trajectory of seemingly unordered items (events). Therefore, database and narrative are natural enemies. Competing for the same territory of human culture, each claims an exclusive right to make meaning out of the world. — Lev Manovich

There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember. — Philip Dunne

Honestly, if everyone likes what you say something is wrong with your message. — Ashley Ormon