Equilibratory Quotes & Sayings

If the world is an objective reality that exists independently of us, then humans themselves, even in their own eyes, are nothing more than objects, and their life stories merely a series of disconnected historical accidents, which they may wonder at, but which they themselves have nothing to do with. — Imre Kertesz

Algorithms are simplifications; they can't and don't take everything into account (like a billionaire uncle who has included the applicant in his will and likes to rock-climb without ropes). — Andrew McAfee

New York State like many other states, found it was much less expensive to provide services for brain injured people at home instead of a hospital or nursing home. — Amy Rankin

They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing. — Jack Kilby

Freedom is ... freedom can actually be boring, you've got to realize that. — Peter Molyneux

I just planted the family vegetables yesterday. You name it, I grow it. — Steve Zahn

Why couldn't Mr. Darcy, in the first half hour of the movie, simply walk up to Elizabeth and say, "Hey, I like you. Do you want to go out on a date? And, by the way, I'm filthy rich." I'll tell you why. Because that would defeat the purpose of a chick flick, which is to entertain women and torture men. — David E. Clarke

The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind. — Albert Camus

Love at first sight may not apply when you're nine and eleven, but I feel like I've always known she was my purpose in the truest sense of the word. My be-all, end-all. From the very first moment, all clear sandals and soft curls, all shy smiles in the hallway on her first day, and I sounded like such an idiot when I tried to talk to her, because somewhere inside I knew then. I knew she was incomparable. — YellowBella

I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened. — Maidie Norman

On my way home, I noticed a few mushrooms that had sprung up after the rain. They were perfect and intact because everyone knew they were poisonous. — Paulo Coelho

Even Lucifer looked impressed. He muttered, Only Lucinda could pull that off. — Lauren Kate

In such families as [Nidderdale's], when such results have been achieved, it is generally understood that matters shall be put right by an heiress. [ ... ] Rank squanders money; trade makes it;
and then trade purchases rank by re-gilding its splendour — Anthony Trollope

Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die. — Fredrik Backman

When we are experience shame we are often thrown into crisis mode ...
In this mode, the neocortex is bypassed and our acess to advanced, rational, calm thinking and processing of emotion all but disappears ... we find ourselves becoming aggressive, wanting to run and hide and feeling paralyzed ... — Brene Brown