Emberland Jon Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you have to look into a mirror and look at the worst you could have been if you're ever going to know the best you were meant to be. — Christopher Plummer

What does it mean to not be hidden from the eyes of God even in the womb? What does it say about God that He "beheld [David's] unformed substance"? Alone in the field, far removed in both space and time from the overwhelming voices we contend with every day, David came to a remarkable revelation: He was loved simply because he existed. — Jonathan Martin

If you don't know what to play, play nothing. — Miles Davis

Consider a cow. A cow doesn't have the problem-solving skill of a chimpanzee, which has discovered how to get termites out of the ground by putting a stick into a hole. Evolution has developed the brain's ability to solve puzzles, and at the same time has produced in our brain a pleasure of solving problems. — Martin Gardner

It was too late for Honor, who had managed to introduce her forehead to the wooden support beam that had risen in front of her. — Cat Amesbury

Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. — Terry Pratchett

People must be able to use their voice, tell their stories, have their experiences recognized and their voices heard. — Patricia Leavy

The first heuristic addresses the asymmetry in rewards and punishment, or transfer of fragility between individuals. Ralph Nader has a simple rule: people voting for war need to have at least one descendant (child or grandchild) exposed to combat. For the Romans, engineers needed to spend some time under the bridge they built - something that should be required of financial engineers today. The English went further and had the families of the engineers spend time with them under the bridge after it was built. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change. — Sam Brownback

I took a little celebrational nap. — Renata Adler

Patterned after an Italian Renaissance palace, it is 88 times as large and one millionth as valuable to the continuation of man. that Pentagon of traveling salesmen. — Norman Mailer

I read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director. — Michael Keaton

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things. — Boris Becker