Dave Graney Quotes & Sayings

Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was — Texas Bix Bender

Just as the spectrums of light and sound are far broader than what we humans can see and hear, so the spectrum of mental states is far larger than what the average human perceives. We can see light in wavelengths of between 400 and 700 nanometres only. Above this small principality of human vision extend the unseen but vast realms of infrared, microwaves and radio waves, and below it lie the dark dominions of ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays. Similarly, the spectrum of possible mental states may be infinite, but science has studied only two tiny sections of it: the sub-normative and the WEIRD. For — Yuval Noah Harari

Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity. — Cynthia Heimel

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar. — Robert Green Ingersoll

When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, 'Are they right?' And if they are, you need to adapt what they're doing. If they're not right, if you really have conviction that they're not right, you need to have that long-term willingness to be misunderstood. It's a key part of invention. — Jeff Bezos

Truth is a bubble and hard to hold on to. — Marty Rubin

Working with Jean-Claude is a lot of fun. Because he's a great actor who also happens to be a fighter. That combination doesn't usually come together anymore. Usually, you have to fight the stunt double and then act against the actor. In his case, you are fighting with a real guy. It takes a minute to get used to that. Because it doesn't happen any more. — Dolph Lundgren

Now then Captain" He turned back to Grim "Your have questions, I answers, shall we see if they match?"
"Please" Grim said "I appear to be your guest, have I you to thank for caring for me?" Ferrus' shoulders sagged in evident disappointment "Oh ... apparently they do not match ... I was going to say strawberries! — Jim Butcher

Sexually awakened women, affirmed and recognized as such, would mean the complete collapse of the authoritarian ideology — Wilhelm Reich

Though always frank, the novelist was never wholly sincere. — Julian Barnes

In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.'
'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this.
'I had to. It was court-ordered. — Sarah Dessen

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me. — William Jennings Bryan

All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable which makes you see something you weren't noticing which makes you see something that isn't even visible. — Norman Maclean

I couldn't help shaking my head as I looked at him. Ian slept like a baby every morning - well, a baby who continually kept one hand down his pants. — Jeaniene Frost

Bring Your Child to Work Day
that's how we got George W. Bush. — David Letterman