Arebetters Quotes & Sayings

Remembering is my only job and it's hard work. We are natural-born amnesiacs, hardwired to let go of the past, to release ourselves from history; the only way to withstand our pain is to forget our pain. We may think we don't forget, but we do. Time wears down the rough edges of our memory, sure as a stone on the river bank is smoothed by the rushing current. And like the eroding stone, the memory fades so gradually we don't even feel it. We don't notice. Eighteen years fly by, whoosh, and we don't even realize that not long ago, we didn't all drink bottled water, the Soviet Union loomed as a threat, smoking was commonplace in restaurants, and Bono was just a rockstar.
What I want... all I want... is not to forget. But it's an uphill battle. Over time, the image blurs, the scent dissipates, the memory fades. — Greg Olear

I thought I would change the worlds. What young fool doesn't? Instead, I have been swallowed by the machine of this vast empire as it rumbles inexorably on. — Pierce Brown

My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you." — Francis Chan

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. — Kirk Hammett

A good life is never wasted. — Stephen King

The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood. — F Scott Fitzgerald

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

You are responsible for your choices, and your choices define who you are. — Debasish Mridha

Office of the Vice President ... The Council on Competativeness. — Dan Quayle

The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy. — Paul Krugman

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people. — Randy Pausch