Carucci Dean Quotes & Sayings

Sure, fear can protect us from danger - but most of the time it just keeps us from life's great adventures. — Michael Chandler

Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him. — Ernest Renan

Kilbane's head is better than his feet. If only he had three heads, one on the end of each leg. — Eamon Dunphy

There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good? — Jodi Picoult

Gold tests with fire, woman with gold, man with woman — Seneca.

I travel for work, but recently, friends said I should take major trips. — Jeff Goldblum

Some of the most corrupt people that you will meet in life are working in corporate government law enforcement. They make criminals look like amateurs. — Steven Magee

Know your real Self, beyond who you think you are. — Vivian Amis

I'm considering keeping the shutters open, even if people are spying on me at night from the apartment across the street. Especially if they are spying on me. It makes me feel less alone. I have a mental camaraderie with that imaginary person and their imaginary gaze. I find myself performing myself for them and exaggerating my facial expressions so they can see me more clearly, like actors project their voices on stage. I'm miming myself. — Jalina Mhyana

All the sins I've committed, I've done them with one objective: to keep my men alive. Those kids in my squad, those kids of mine, they are everything. My wife doesn't understand this job or why I do it. My son is too young. My dad wouldn't get it if I tried to explain. My mom would have a heart attack. The need to keep my men alive makes everything else negotiable, and everyone and everything a potential threat. — David Bellavia

Nicotinic receptors are so named because they respond to nicotine, whether smoked or chewed, and they're spread throughout the brain. For all the problems it causes to our overall health, it's well established that nicotine can improve the rate of signal detection when a person has been misdirected - that is, nicotine creates a state of vigilance that allows one to become more detail oriented and less dependent on top-down expectations. — Daniel J. Levitin

Tell me, who is behind a great woman? That's right. No one. She has to get there herself. — Lynn Cullen