Dr Pangloss Quotes & Sayings

Just be quiet and accept the praise. — Julia Quinn

She wanted to claw the memory of their night together out of her brain, but she couldn't disremember.Or stop thinking about his tongue, the way he kissed and caressed her, almost like he wasn't a monster. — Rae Elle

I've always been crazy for the American songbook. — Ashley Judd

People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap. — Barry Ritholtz

It's funny how "a part" and "apart" are complete opposites, yet only differ by a little space. — Wade Rouse

Hyper-selectionism has been with us for a long time in various guises; for it represents the late nineteenth century's scientific version of the myth of natural harmony all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds (all structures well designed for a definite purpose in this case). It is, indeed, the vision of foolish Dr. Pangloss, so vividly satirized by Voltaire in Candide the world is not necessarily good, but it is the best we could possibly have. — Stephen Jay Gould

It was disturbing, like an enchanted place. I had not thought it could be as beautiful as this — Daphne Du Maurier

Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss upon the development of economic thought is for the most part nothing but pure intellectual error. — Sir John Richard Hicks

One day Cunegonde, while walking near the castle, in a little wood which they called a park, saw between the bushes, Dr. Pangloss giving a lesson in experimental natural philosophy to her mother's chamber-maid, a little brown wench, very pretty and very docile. As Miss Cunegonde had a great disposition for the sciences, she breathlessly observed the repeated experiments of which she was a witness; she clearly perceived the force of the Doctor's reasons, the effects, and the causes; she turned back greatly flurried, quite pensive, and filled with the desire to be learned; dreaming that she might well be a sufficient reason for young Candide, and he for her. — Voltaire

Before getting to the the light, you must pass through a deep darkness. — Nicholas Sparks

If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together. — Tom Felton

Some days success just means not giving up. — Steve Roggenbuck

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. — Daniel Libeskind

Whenever you have good dreams never let it go , because dreams are tiny seeds which germinate result into fruitful tomorrow . — Osunsakin Adewale

Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a childhood you miss. Out of sight is out of mind, but somewhere deep inside you know they still exist. And you also know that you're avoiding them. — Jodi Picoult

The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. — Alfred North Whitehead

I cannot wait to see the day that one day we will have a chef that will become the secretary of food of the United States of America. — Jose Andres

Satire is the antidote to Pollyanna and Dr. Pangloss. It focuses our gaze sharply upon the the contrast between things as they are and as they should be. — Edgar Johnson