Binet And Simon Quotes & Sayings

He downs the contents of his glass in a single gulp and, looking at Simon, adds: "This is as amusing as a novel. — Laurent Binet

So the [Binet-Simon]test results were always related to time. Thereby producing a new figure
a measurement of intelligence. A calculated figure,and hence quite objective, All the psychologist had done was to let the children read and answer the questions, record them on a tape, note the times, double-check the figures and refer to the evaluation table. Everything clear and obvious. So that the result was, by and large, exempt from human uncertainty.
Almost scientific. — Peter Hoeg

I just like doing silly girly things. If I wrap a gift, I like to use specials ribbon and hot glue, silk flowers and things. — Barbara Mandrell

Be careful,' Irene warned Miri. 'All boys want the same thing.'
So do girls, Miri thought. — Judy Blume

I try to avoid eating endangered species, let alone mythical ones. You — Lawrence Block

It is logical to say that ignorance seems to be the root cause of all human suffering. — Kat Lahr

She already has a car."
"A Ford. That's like Toyota's worst enemy. — Becca Fitzpatrick

When I was younger, I studied the men I was involved with so carefully that I saw or thought I saw what pain or limitation lay behind their sometimes crummy behavior. I found it too easy to forgive them, or rather to regard them with sympathy at my own expense. It was as though I saw the depths but not the surface, the causes but not the effect. Or them and not myself. I think we call that overidentification, and it's common among women. But gods and saints and boddhisattvas must see the sources of all beings' actions and see their consequences, so that there is no self, no separation, just a grand circulatory system of being and becoming and extinguishing. To understand deeply enough is a kind of forgiveness or love that is not the same as whitewashing, if you apply it to everyone, and not just the parade through your bed. — Rebecca Solnit

Christ is everywhere and He is in me. What more do I want, except more of Him? — E. Stanley Jones

We no longer believe in fairy tales. But we will learn to believe in monsters — Francesca Lia Block