Afligido Quotes & Sayings

When superstars go down, no matter how sympathetic the circumstances, fans know the franchise could be sunk. — Stephen Rodrick

Every reaction is a learning process; every significant experience alters your perspective. So it would seem foolish, would it not, to adjust our lives to the demands of a goal we see from a different angle everyday? How could we ever hope to accomplish anything anther than galloping neurosis? — Hunter S. Thompson

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. — Baltasar Gracian

Sleep is an uncompromising interruption of the theft of time from us by capitalism. — Jonathan Crary

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment. — Stephen Covey

Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?
a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of physics as instantiated in our bodies, brains and environments? That is, engaging in the honored philosophical practice of showing that our notion of "free will" can be compatible with determinism?
or
b. Telling people, based on our scientific knowledge of physics, neurology, and behavior, that our actions are predetermined rather than dictated by some ghost in our brains, and then sussing out the consequences of that conclusion and applying them to society?
Of course my answer is b). — Jerry A. Coyne

I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish. — Ziad Doueiri

We've died so many times now that we can only wonder why we still care. — Charles Bukowski