Disoperative Quotes & Sayings

When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning, regardless of our particular faith or moral philosophy. They appeal to common standards we all are expected to understand and accept, standards without which we could not live any common life at all.. — Matthew Scully

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas. — Anthony Foxx

Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date. — Henry Cloud

I don't regret the things I've done. I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance. — Harlan Coben

I think most people live in a space where they are looking for meaning in life and good in the world and that is not necessarily reflected in straight news coverage right now. — Daryn Kagan

I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation. — Etgar Keret

No matter how much money you make or don't, how many friends you think you have or lack or how much you know you are loved - or not, we all cherish one thing above all else, the intrinsic need to connect — Lisa Bloom

I am liking books, I am liking them for the knowledge they contain, and for the understanding they are having the capability of imparting. But, most of all, I am liking them for their weight.

FORGE-GUARD WARVITCH — Matt Parker

I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.' — Gary Ross

As you go down the path of life, ask whats true. Not who else believes it. — Bill Maher

... I just figured it would be easier to do the math problem with the numbers in the correct colors. — Wendy Mass

The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing manner along the continuity of its variety. — William Hogarth

I've been ignoring my feelings lately. That works pretty well. Might also settle for less this week, just to try it out. — Dane Cook

Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering, — Pema Chodron

Coming up. A large tawny cat announced this to me at the same moment that he effortlessly elevated onto my lap. I stared at him in surprise. — Robin Hobb

The cooperative forces are biologically the more important and vital. The balance between the cooperative and altruistic tendencies and those which are disoperative and egoistic is relatively close. Under many conditions the cooperative forces lose, In the long run, however, the group centered, more altruistic drives are slightly stronger ... human altruistic drives are as firmly based on an animal ancestry as is man himself. Our tendencies toward goodness ... are as innate as our tendencies toward intelligence; we could do well with more of both. — Warder Clyde Allee