Disequilibrium Psychology Quotes & Sayings

Some may say [journal keeping] is a great deal of trouble. But we should not call anything trouble which brings to pass good. I consider that portion of my life which has been spent in keeping journals and writing history to have been very profitably spent. - If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it. — Wilford Woodruff

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing. — Clint Eastwood

Spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it, reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet. He should have gone up garret at once. — Henry David Thoreau

Drawing a good picture is like telling a really good lie - the key is in the incidental detail. — Shaun Tan

A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one! — Homer

Unlike the rest of the free world, I didn't get here by accident. — Jodi Picoult

What worried Dr. Urbino most about dying was the solitary life Fermina Daza would lead without him. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all. — Jack Davenport

When we became teenagers boredom grew like a moth in a cocoon fighting to escape, and the peace created by our parents became a prison. We sought excitement and adventure. We sought anything but the sinless, pure, and average of the faux idyllic. — Scott Thompson

It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee. — Russell Pearce