96753 Quotes & Sayings

I had mostly been writing humor books, and my instinct is generally to go for the joke. — Jory John

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I'm reading always reminds me of whatever's happening in my life during that time. — Lauren Barnholdt

The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. — Zhuangzi

Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in. — Sally Ride

When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. — Milan Kundera

When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness. — Brian Swimme

Even the works of Shakespeare might be more thoroughly appreciated if they were re-examined from unorthodox positions. Someone, once in a while, should take a good long look at Hamlet through his legs. — Soseki Natsume

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult. — Uta Hagen

Dear Lord, bless this food before us, bless the days ahead of us, and bless all who cross in front of us or behind us, as we all make our way to You. Aamen. — Beth Wiseman

Nutrients from animal-based foods increased tumor development while nutrients from plant-based foods decreased tumor development. In — T. Colin Campbell

I did not, however, as yet see him as one of those symbolic figures, of whom most people possess at least one example, if not more, round whom the past and the future have a way of assembling. — Anthony Powell

There is another story of a Chinese sage who was asked, "How shall we escape the heat?" - meaning, of course, the heat of suffering. He answered, "Go right into the middle of the fire." "But how, then, shall we escape the scorching flame?" "No further pain will trouble you! — Alan W. Watts

The poor will look for many excuses why an idea can not be born, but the rich will also look for one excuse why an idea can be born. — Auliq Ice