Gryzik Quotes & Sayings

Pessimists have only pleasant surprises. — Nero Wolfe

Because it takes work, often a lot of work and sacrifice, you have to really want to bring something into being. — M.J. Ryan

If you look at your average contemporary person, the potential for tragedy is immense. The people and things we love and value are strewn across the globe. Any number of health disasters can befall you or them.
The truth is depressing. We are going to die, most likely after illness; all our friends will likewise die; we are tiny insignificant dots on a tiny planet. Perhaps with the advent of broad intelligence and foresight comes the need for confabulation and self-deception to keep depression and its consequent lethargy at bay. There needs to be a basic denial of our finitude and insignificance in the larger scene. It takes a certain amount of chutzpah just to get out of bed in the morning. — William Hirstein

Scientifically speaking, a butterfly is at least as mysterious as a superstring. When something ceases to be mysterious, it ceases to be of absorbing concern to scientists. Almost all the things scientists think and dream about are mysterious. — Freeman Dyson

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. — Albert Camus

He settled into his ergonomically designed, yet inexpensive, chair and logged into his computer. He could do this. Just turn the computer on, shut brain down, and commence typing until fingers fell off. - Captain Lewis — Jacqueline Patricks

Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life. — Mason Cooley

That's funny! Where I come from, good triumphs over evil, you old hag! — J.C. Spencer