Estrangeiro Dirigir Quotes & Sayings

From The Ghost Wars- on the concept of the Torah as ancient science fiction. "Take the story of the fall of the tower of Babel. Let's say this represents not an act of God, nor a metaphor for this planet's diverse linguistic heritage; but a catastrophic act of terrorism by the Divisionists to sever mankind from the neural net. The internet in this situation becomes mankind's attempt to build a physical replacement for a natural ability long lost. Think of it as a wooden leg or a pacemaker. — Cole J. Davis

Becoming sensitive to the background causes of one's thoughts and feelings can - paradoxically - allow for greater creative control over one's life. It is one thing to bicker with your wife because you are in a bad mood; it is another to realize that your mood and behavior have been caused by low blood sugar. This understanding reveals you to be a biochemical puppet, of course, but it also allows you to grab hold of one of your strings: A bit of food may be all that your personality requires. Getting behind our concious thoughts and feelings can allow us to steer a more intelligent course through our lives (while knowing, of course, that we are ultimately being steered). — Sam Harris

Never forget is not something you say on a prescribed day; if it is real it is something you live the rest of your life — Gary Holder-Winfield

I was once told that I had become too confident and that it made me less likeable. Many successful people will get this at some point, because the people who haven't followed a similar path can be threatened by someone who has and is unabashed about it. — Aimee Mullins

The most powerful place you can come from is just having a really deep knowing of who you are and what you want for yourself. — Sara Bareilles

Organizing is a process; an organization is the result of that process. — Elinor Ostrom

There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable. — Robert Smith Surtees

What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks
And formless ruin of oblivion. — William Shakespeare

The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for the seeking are those which will enable us to understand what more and what else the good life for man is. — Alasdair MacIntyre

Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity. — Isabel Allende

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker! — Agnes Varda