Concrete Countertop Quotes & Sayings

These chunks represent patterns (such as faces) as well as specific knowledge. For example, a world-class chess master is estimated to have mastered about 100,000 board positions. Shakespeare used 29,000 words but close to 100,000 meanings of those words. Development of expert systems in medicine indicate that humans can master about 100,000 concepts in a domain. If we estimate that this "professional" knowledge represents as little as 1 percent of the overall pattern and knowledge store of a human, we arrive at an estimate of 107 chunks. — Ray Kurzweil

Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them. — Jean De La Bruyere

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. — William Hazlitt

Our most intense joy comes not from personal feats, but from helping other persons achieve their goals. We become suppler human beings when we find true joy in witnessing other people's successes and unabashedly share in their joyful accomplishments. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Woman I love the Vibes, I love the Spice, I love the Passion you bring ... — Richie Spice

It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again. — Peter Criss

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship. — Franz Grillparzer

Nobody bothered with him. His failures were private and invisible — Ann Brashares

Don't let death, Jacob reproves himself, be your final thought. — David Mitchell

Maybe that's what living in America does to you: it spreads you into far distances until you're just little bits rolling apart. — Marina Budhos

Look, there's no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years, and for someone like me who's always tried to make a living at it, it's been great, I'm very grateful for it. But at the same time, it's not a subculture-y thing anymore; it's something that's in the New York Times and the New Yorker. — Adrian Tomine

I am at that age when former child stars go off the rails. — Charlotte Church

A joyous person abounds with energy and feels buoyant, because he or she is running a higher frequency current of energy through his or her system. — Gary Zukav

Granada had never been on the water before and she marveled at how the creek was a living thing with a will of its own, like an untamed horse challenging her to ride upon its back. — Jonathan Odell