Dispersante Quotes & Sayings

The stories leaders and others tell, few of which are true, are a lousy foundation on which to base any sort of science, and we know how to accomplish behavioral change and the importance of priming, informational saliency, and social networks. Producing inspiration and other good feelings doesn't last very long. — Jeffrey Pfeffer

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

The message, which one fall or another of the coin would eventually give him, was how to get himself out of his chamber and into Nepenthe's, so that he could tell her why he had not come to tell her why he had not come. — Patricia A. McKillip

A room where one merely goes to bed costs twenty sous but a room where one retires may cost twenty francs. — Victor Hugo

Leipzig that the university had to pass a rule against throwing stones at professors. — Leonard Mlodinow

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee. — Edward Dmytryk

When I was at the University I knew a law student named Yamada Uruu. Later he worked for the Osaka Municipal Office; he's been dead for years. This man's father was an old-time lawyer, or "advocate," who in early Meiji defended the notorious murderess Takahashi Oden. It seems he often talked to his son about Oden's beauty. Apparently he would corner him and go on and on about her, as if deeply moved. "You might call her alluring, or bewitching," he would say. "I've never known such a fascinating woman, she's a real vampire. When I saw her I thought I wouldn't mind dying at the hands of a woman like that!"

Since I have no particular reason to keep on living, sometimes I think I would be happier if a woman like Oden turned up to kill me. Rather than endure the pain of these half-dead arms and legs of mine, maybe I could get it over and at the same time see how it feels to be brutally murdered. — Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them. — Simone Elkeles

The difference between average and good. Good and Great! Great and Phenomenal! It's their mindset! — Eric Thomas

He only kissed her and she kissed him and her knees went weak and her heart raced and she thought for a moment that she saw fireworks. — Charlie Lovett

I'm the strongest advocate you can imagine for doing things honestly and paying your taxes. Take advantage of every tax break you're legally entitled to. But I follow the letter of the law, because the consequences are severe if you're caught. I was a perpetrator at one time and suffered severe consequences. It is difficult in some places, but if you live in places like California, move somewhere else to save some money. — Michael Franzese

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse. — Colin Hanks

What if life after death is all based within memory: you die, and you don't ascend on a bed of clouds to Jesus, but your brain has a terrain that it can use to propel itself further. It's more of a theoretical afterlife. If that's true, all of these theoretical afterlives of people could potentially interact or network. That space seems way more powerful and exciting than reality. This potential boundlessness is more of what god is to me. — Blake Butler

If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person. — Flea

It takes work to plot a course that is both thrilling and truthful, but it's worth it. — Matt Charman