Gruenert Whitaker Quotes & Sayings

Life is too long to know C++ well. — Erik Naggum

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry. — Criss Jami

Our present picture of physical reality, particularly in relation to the nature of time, is due for a grand shake up — Roger Penrose

Your sky is full of stars and my arms too short to reach a piece to call my own — Robert M. Drake

For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world. — Billy Graham

Writers. For some reason, a lot of you reject what you hear and see in your heads. If you go too long ignoring it, it builds up and then you do all sorts of weird things. Mumble to yourself. Nightmares. Day-dreams. Total anarchy and chaos. Before you know it, the writer is either sitting in corner feverishly humming to his- or herself or on Prozac. You're not on Prozac, are you? (Esther) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted. — Dean Karnazes

My favorite definition of fear is "False Expectations Appearing Real," and when I allow myself to remember that all of my thoughts are merely fleeting physiology, I feel less moved when my story-teller goes haywire and my circuitry is triggered. At the same time, when I remember that I am at one with the universe, then the concept of fear loses its power. To help protect myself from having a trigger-happy anger or fear response, I take responsibility for what circuitry I purposely exercise and stimulate. In an attempt to diminish the power of my fear/anger response, I intentionally choose not to watch scary movies or hang out with people whose anger circuitry is easily set off. I consciously make choices that directly impact my circuitry. Since I like being joyful, I hang out with people who value my joy. — Jill Bolte Taylor

The Imp of the Perverse will try to torment you with thoughts of whatever it is you consider to be the most inappropriate or awful thing that you could do. To illustrate this point, each of my patients whose thoughts are summarized below (many of whom you'll meet in later chapters) told me that his or her particular bad thoughts focused squarely on whatever was for him or her the most inappropriate, awful, or shameful thing he or she could think of doing:3 — Lee Baer