Catch 22 Washington Irving Quotes & Sayings

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick. — Lisa Guerrero

In Oppenheimer's view, it would be a waste of his precious time, or of mine, to concern ourselves with the details of particular solutions. This was how the philosophy of reductionism led Oppenheimer and Einstein astray. Since the only purpose of physics was to reduce the world of physical phenomena to a finite set of fundamental equations, the study of particular solutions such as black holes was an undesirable distraction from the general goal. Like Hilbert, they were not content to solve particular problems one at a time. They were entranced by the dream of solving all the basic problems at once. And as a result, they failed in their later years to solve any problems at all. — Freeman Dyson

The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers

The Holy Scripture is the Spirit of Holy One. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable. — Emmanuel Levinas

Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman? — Brendan Behan

We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of - but we never love again. — Jerome K. Jerome

The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that. — Leif Garrett

I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance. — Georgi Parvanov

It sounded, I told him, as if he had never learned to balance projecting goals into the future with appreciating and living in the present.
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To the extent that our goal is to "prove" ourselves or ward off the fear of failure, this balance is difficult to achieve. We are too driven. Not joy but anxiety is our motor.
But if our aim is self-expression rather than self-justification, the balance tends to come more naturally. We will still need to think about its daily implementation, but the anxiety of wounded self-esteem will not make the task nearly impossible. — Nathaniel Branden

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well. — Andrew Weil

But let us laugh carelessly like other men.
Let us be timid even among fools.
Let us knot silence around our throats.
For they would surely kill us. — Glenway Wescott

[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven't missed a thing, I was just killing time 'til you got here — Billy Connolly