Counterfactual Reasoning Quotes & Sayings

Seven pillars of wisdom propping the roof of the temple. Always remember what there's beyond the pillars. — Lara Biyuts

Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death. — Anita Diamant

The same families married the same families until relationships were hopelessly entangled and the members of the community looked monotonously alike. — Harper Lee

Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the world with fantastic, supernatural creatures. It can't just be vampires or werewolves; it has to be a whole continuum of fantastic beings, with their own society within society. — Ted Naifeh

In the late 1980s the amount of German films was down to four or five percent of the market, and the remaining 95 percent were American. It is now 20 to 30 percent German productions. — Wim Wenders

The idea of innovation is the idea of progress stripped of the aspirations of the Enlightenment, scrubbed clean of the horrors of the twentieth century, and relieved of its critics. — Jill Lepore

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN. — Gregg Easterbrook

When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. — Gottfried Leibniz

Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective habit pattern. — Eckhart Tolle

My theory is that poems are written because of a state of emotional irritation. It may be present for some time before the poet is conscious of what is tormenting him. The emotional irritation springs, probably, from subconscious combinations of partly forgotten thoughts and feelings. Coming together, like electrical currents in a thunder storm, they produce a poem ... the poem is written to free the poet from an emotional burden. — Sara Teasdale

To translate knowledge and information into experience: that seems to be the function of literature and art. — Joseph Campbell

We all thought we'd have flying cars by now, but we don't. — Dana Brunetti

If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner. — Slash

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background. — Steve Martin

She's already making the feast, Aaron. She's ... perfect."
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"Really? Jen! Get your ass in the kitchen and start making dinner. Julia is three hours behind you and she's already started!"
I laughed out loud again when I heard Jenna's response in the background. "You get your ass dressed. The turkey will be served at McFarland's Corner of 15th and Nichols. Bring your wallet, asshole. — Kahlen Aymes