Alevli Brock Quotes & Sayings

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers. — Seneca The Younger

The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light. The velocity of light is to the Theory of Relativity as the elementary quantum of action is to the Quantum Theory: it is its absolute core. — Max Planck

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries. — Wayne Dyer

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything. — Mayer Hawthorne

The true opposite of depression is neither gaiety nor absence of pain, but vitality - the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings. It is part of the kaleidoscope of life that these feelings are not only happy, beautiful, or good but can reflect the entire range of human experience, including envy, jealousy, rage, disgust, greed, despair, and grief. But this freedom cannot be achieved if its childhood roots are cut off. Our access to the true self is possible only when we no longer have to be afraid of the intense emotional world of early childhood. Once we have experienced and become familiar with this world, it is no longer strange and threatening. — Alice Miller

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable. — Steve Coogan

I come from a strong matriarchal line. I was raised by Gypsy, her sister, Mary, and my maternal grandmother. The result of not having my father live with us meant that, when it came to understanding the opposite sex, it was like working without a map. — Cherie Lunghi

I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of. — Rashid Johnson

The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves. — Beth Simone Noveck

I think becoming a scientist is the product of parents who gave me enormous opportunities to master nature. — Barbara Block

It came to Mary now that her mother had been right, after all; Mary had been born for this. In sixteen years she'd shot along the shortest route she could find between life and death, as the crow flew. — Emma Donoghue

Blessed are you who forgive.
You will forever be happy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Into every sunny life a little rain must fall. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Because if he was sick he would pull his clothes off SOME time or other - don't you reckon he would? — Mark Twain