Aluminio En Quotes & Sayings

I have argued that a religion or a philosophy cannot speak about facts of the world - if it does, it is now or will eventually be wrong - but it can and should speak about the relevance and ranking of facts and observations. — Erik Naggum

In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small matters for their own sake; the other attends to them only in consequence of the scheme of life which he has laid down to himself. — Adam Smith

Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values. — Louis D. Brandeis

If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that. — Vladimir Putin

There is asymmetry. Those who die do so very early in the game, while those who live go on living very long. Whenever there is asymmetry in outcomes, the average survival has nothing to do with the median survival. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Reason and emotion are not separate and opposed. Reason is nestled upon emotion and dependent upon it. Emotion assigns value to things, and reason can only make choices on the basis of those valuations. The human mind can be pragmatic because deep down it is romantic. — David Brooks

The heart breaks, but carries on. It can shoulder the most impossible burdens. — Marc Secchia

The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that a goal can be attained perpetually frustrates human beings, who are disappointed at never getting there, never being able to stop. — Stephen Spender