Dinlendirici G Zl K Quotes & Sayings

According to the historian Arrian who reported the encounter, the ascetics beat their feet on the ground as Alexander passed them. When asked about the gesture, they said that Alexander occupied, despite his conquests, no more ground than that covered by the soles of his two feet. Like everyone else, he, too, was mortal, 'except that you are ambitious and reckless, traversing such a vast span of land, so remote from your home, enduring troubles and inflicting them upon others'.4 — Pankaj Mishra

Be true, unbeliever. — Stephen R. Donaldson

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Isn't the initial loss that does for him, but the stupid plays he makes in an effort to deny that the loss has happened. The great economic psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky summarised the behaviour in their classic analysis of the psychology of risk: — Tim Harford

"Out of Print" is bookseller speak for "We can't be hedgehogged". — Terry Pratchett