Cassiels Quotes & Sayings

I need to work smarter, harder, faster, and longer than you. And if I still don't come out in front, then simply changing directions will correct that. — Jarod Kintz

And the worst part is before it gets any better we're heading for a cliff. And in the free fall I will realize I'm better off when I hit the bottom — Hayley Williams

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us. — Philip G. Zimbardo

Another mistaken notion connected with the law of large numbers is the idea that an event is more or less likely to occur because it has or has not happened recently. The idea that the odds of an event with a fixed probability increase or decrease depending on recent occurrences of the event is called the gambler's fallacy. For example, if Kerrich landed, say, 44 heads in the first 100 tosses, the coin would not develop a bias towards the tails in order to catch up! That's what is at the root of such ideas as "her luck has run out" and "He is due." That does not happen. For what it's worth, a good streak doesn't jinx you, and a bad one, unfortunately , does not mean better luck is in store. — Leonard Mlodinow

Fear, what a strange thing fear was... — Agatha Christie

Everyone has an idea, but it's taking those first steps toward turning that idea into a reality that are always the toughest. — Daymond John

I have tried to set forth a theory that enables us to understand and to assess these feelings about the primacy of justice. Justice as fairness is the outcome: it articulates these opinions and supports their general tendency. — John Rawls

How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and steadily, in counteracting the fatal tendency of the government to the absolute and despotic control of the numerical majority? — John C. Calhoun

There are people whose souls have just withered, people who are willing to go along with anything evil - anything so as not to be suspected of disagreeing with whoever is in power. — Vasily Grossman

Love is perhaps the strongest force in the universe. When you meditate with love, what you do is you feel love. Love is like a bird, you get on its back and you ride it up very high above the thought level. — Frederick Lenz

I was famous from birth. — Peter Fonda

In a very real way, then, materials are a reflection of who we are, a multi-scale expression of our human need and desires. — Mark Miodownik

There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions. — Pen Densham