Desilusionado English Quotes & Sayings

Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain. — Stanislaw Ulam

Hope, that risky, illustrious thing. It should have gone extinct by now, but we keep it alive. — Lauren DeStefano

purgation deals essentially with our "trust structures," especially those deep inner postures of our being that do not rely on God but on self for our well-being. — M. Robert Mulholland Jr.

If exposure of a nude body is thought to incite relations between the sexes, well, what of it. We want a large population anyway. — Paul Outerbridge

Sticking your head in the sand does not prevent the tide from coming in. — K.J.

The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's abundance. — Walter Brueggemann

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody. — Bill Hader

The pale organisms of literary heroes feeding under the author's supervision swell gradually with the reader's lifeblood; so that the genius of a writer consists in giving them the faculty to adapt themselves to that - not very appetizing - food and thrive on it, sometimes for centuries. — Vladimir Nabokov

There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with. — Chris Wooding

Being defenseless didn't preclude attack. — Megan Whalen Turner

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune. — Marcus Aurelius

I liked him fine. I like everyone. I'm a happy, cheerful, and gregarious person." "No, you're really not. — Lee Child

That you hold your own interests above the interests of the public?" "I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals." "What ... what do you mean?" "I hold that there is no clash of interests among men who do not demand the unearned and do not practice human sacrifices." "Are we to understand that if the public deems it necessary to curtail your profits, you do not recognize its right to do so?" "Why, yes, I do. The public may curtail my profits any time it wishes - by refusing to buy my product." "We are speaking of ... other methods." "Any other method of curtailing profits is the method of looters - and I recognize it as such. — Ayn Rand

When people asked hilbert why he didn't prove Fermat's Last Theorem and win the Wolfskehl Prize, he said, "Why should I kill the goose that lays the golden egg? — Constance Bowman Reid