Hersenscan Quotes & Sayings

We all know that something is eternal. And it ain't houses and it ain't names, and it ain't earth, and it ain't even the stars ... everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you'd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There's something way down deep that's eternal about every human being. — Thornton Wilder

Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given. — Marian Wright Edelman

I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on 'Jeopardy,' but never the bonus question. — Christopher Moore

When God says no, we are sometimes tempted to wonder if He loves us. In reality, it's because He loves us, He sometimes says no. — Lysa TerKeurst

Love can't kill me," I say, parroting Carla's words.
"That's not true," she says. "Whoever told you that? — Nicola Yoon

Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Can I persuade you that if you let a driver into your lane, or thank a sales clerk, or smile at someone in a hallway, you can change his or her life? Of course not - but if you don't go through the day with the assumption that small moments and small gestures can touch people's lives, what is the alternative belief? — Robert Maurer

Golf is one of the few sports where a white man can dress like a black pimp and not look bad. — Robin Williams

Sometimes when I try to make jokes or have a sense of humor in interviews, it doesn't go over very well. But Twitter made my life easier in this way that I didn't expect. It would have taken probably 10 times as long for people to accept my voice and my sense of humor if I didn't have Twitter. — Anna Kendrick

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place. — Elizabeth Edwards

I realize something - fuck that fantasy. Because my reality rocks. — J.A. Huss

Well now I know I can control my tongue, my temper & my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic or luck. I can't make good things happen; I can't keep anybody safe; I can't influence the future & I can't fix up the past. What a relief!
from book A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas — Abigail Thomas

History isn't all fact
it's just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it's been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past. — Heather Anastasiu

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable. — Joyce Meyer