Balans Brickell Quotes & Sayings

While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations. — Aristotle.

take reason out of the interactive context in which it evolved, and nothing guarantees that it will yield adaptive results. — Hugo Mercier

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate. — James Baldwin

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before. — Mark Twain

She had lived in Iceland from birth, a total of 36 years, without knowing that she had the right to live, work and vote in the USA. — Gudjon Bergmann

There are seven primary chakras located in the subtle physical body, the body of light and energy that is our awareness and that surrounds the physical. — Frederick Lenz

I'm just figuring out being able to understand that it's cool for me to date, and have guys be interested in me, and be interested in guys. — Guy Branum

God has provided us with a mind and logical thinking, but He also has placed into each of us a spirit. With the help of the human spirit we can perceive the Spirit of God and learn to know our Creator. — Eve Juurik

You're a Good Little Slave — Mark Lawrence

I know you're frustrated, Sam, but the reality is you're in a world now where the majority of the people you run into will be able to snap you like a twig."
"My world was like that before. — Lish McBride

I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength. "Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But — Lev Grossman

Photography is something you learn to love very quickly. I know that many, many things are going to ask me to have their pictures taken and I will take them all. — Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black. — Goose Gossage