Gleicks Quotes & Sayings

Issues arise not from expecting too much from people, but too little. — Robert J. Braathe

So you know you're a ghost?"
I looked at my hands; they were transparent and glowed faintly. "Can you think of another explanation? — Christina Dodd

When Odette ceased to be for him a creature always absent, longed for, imaginary, when the feeling he had for her was no longer the same mysterious disturbance caused in him by the phrase from the sonata, but affection, gratitude, when normal relations were established between them that would put an end to his madness and his gloom, then no doubt the actions of Odette's daily life would appear to him of little interest in themselves ... (p. 302, In Search of Lost Time Vol. 1 The Way by Swann's, Lydia Davis translation) — Marcel Proust

I wonder why why why why why why, she ran away? — Del Shannon

Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle. — Brian Tracy

Imagine one atom of that speck of dust, with electrons traveling around its nucleus at 180,000 miles per second. It is very exciting. To return to a speck of dust with be quite an exciting adventure! — Thich Nhat Hanh

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

It's OK to joke about yourself and have self-perspective, but, like, when you constantly put yourself down to get other people to tell you you're good, that annoys me. Have confidence! — Tove Lo

The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity. — Northrop Frye

A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. — Carlo M. Cipolla

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is ... well, an umpire. — Ron Luciano

Opening a book was like opening a door to another world, and once she stepped across the threshold, she was transported. When she was reading a story, she lived inside a different skin. She — Susan Wiggs