Antaramian John Quotes & Sayings

Every plan in which we participate has one constant, ourselves. Not that we are always the same, but that we are always part of the plan. All else comes and goes: friends, parents, possessions, conditions, situations, and associates, leaving only us, ourselves. — Wu Wei

What do you most want for your birthday picnic, Admiral?" Taken by surprise, he answered honestly: "No casualties. — Lois McMaster Bujold

There are 400 billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If just one out of a million of those had planets, and just one in a million of those had life, and just one out of a million of those had intelligent life, there would be literally millions of civilizations out there. — Jodie Foster

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy. — Dylan Lauren

The language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears. — Frances Wright

Be a lawyer, a doctor or a teacher", they say. But there's one thing they can't hear: the silent beat of creativity within you - that calling beckoning you to trust your gut, follow your heart, and do what your soul demands. You can never articulate to others what you feel in your bones because you rarely understand it yourself. Do you know how many times I get a bomb-ass idea but can't explain it to anyone? All. The. Time. They can't see it, but I can - and that's all that matters. They will see it when I bring my idea to life. — Connor Franta

Just because you're on their side doesn't mean they're on your side. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden

The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others. — William Empson

[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world ... Land, labor, and capital are extremely heterogeneous aggregates, not much better than earth, air, fire, and water. — Kenneth E. Boulding

A performer needs and craves a live audience. — Stacey D'Erasmo

If we compete with ourselves and not with others, then it does not matter who is behind us or ahead of us; our goal is to become and achieve all we are capable of being and doing, and this becomes the measure of our satisfaction. — Myles Munroe

If left to their own devices a child will achieve. — Aimee Mullins

You know the worst thing about oral sex? The view. — Maureen Lipman

If you let the news spoil your appetite, there wouldn't be a day you could eat. — Dean Koontz

Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe. — Carl Sagan