Bible Religious Upbringing Quotes & Sayings

Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic - in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less personal and indelible. There is no telling how much I might change in the future. Just as one wouldn't draw a lasting conclusion about oneself on the basis of a brief experience of indigestion, one needn't do so on the basis of how one has thought or behaved for vast stretches of time in the past. A creative change of inputs to the system - learning new skills, forming new relationships, adopting new habits of attention - may radically transform one's life. — Sam Harris

For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it. — Claude Simon

By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet. — Thich Nhat Hanh

She laughed. 'That's what I love about you good-lookin' blokes. What, me? Have sex? — Jess Walter

And I'll remember the love that you gave me, now that I am standing on my own, I'll remember the way that you changed me, I'll remember. — Madonna Ciccone

Eleven out of twelve work fine. I'd say that's better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try." He blinked and laughed softly. "I never know what you'll say next." "I don't either. — Ilona Andrews

The more refined one is, the more unhappy. — Anton Chekhov

Victim disarmament types are sick, sick people, who'd rather see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose than see her with a gun in her hand. — L. Neil Smith

Engineering is not quite as important as imagination — Satoru Iwata

Before I became a game designer, I was a software engineer. — Jane Jensen