Caio F Abreu Quotes & Sayings

Neurosurgery seemed to present the most challenging and direct confrontation with meaning, identity, and death. — Paul Kalanithi

Even if we wanted to remake higher education," assert professors and administrators alike, "we don't think there is anything that can replace what we already have." Of course, the fact that in the past everyone claimed "this time is different," does not rule out the possibility that this time really is different. — Richard A. Demillo

Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were organically part of them. That must be why we have so much trouble returning borrowed books. It's not exactly theft (of course not, we're not thieves, what are you implying?); it's simply a slippage in ownership or, better still, a transfer of substance. That which belonged to someone else becomes mine when I look at it. And if I like what I read, naturally I'll have difficulty giving it back. — Daniel Pennac

You have to reward them when they do what you want. I tried punishing them when they misbehaved, but the hammer seemed to crush their spirit. — Christopher Moore

Failure is a key part of entrepreneurship, but, as with many things in life, attitude impacts outcome — Brad Feld

Education in the form of knowledge and wisdom are only as powerful as how we use them in our daily lives. — Matthew Donnelly

Nature puts us all in our places. Being made to feel small isn't something we welcome when it's done to us by another person, but to be apprised of our essential nothingness by something so much greater than ourselves is in no sense humiliating. Our egos, exhaustingly aware of every slight they receive and prone relentlessly to compare their advantages with those enjoyed by others, may even be relieved to find themselves finally humbled by forces so much more powerful than any human being could ever muster. — Alain De Botton

A cup of coffee, a cigarette, the penetrating aroma of its smoke, myself sitting in a shadowy room with eyes half-closed...I want no more from life than my dreams and this...It doesn't seem much? I don't know. What do I know about what is little and what is a lot? — Pessoa, Fernando

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. — William Devane

I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs. — Richard Dawkins

No past life has been lived to lend us glory, and that which has existed before us is not ours. — Seneca.

I have to make half of my decision based on what I think my fans will appreciate, and the other half has to be for my personal reasons. — Joe Lando