Humanics Northeastern Quotes & Sayings

Whatever was in the sandwiches, you didn't want them getting too warm and going off, or starting to smell, or spontaneously mutating into a new life form. — Ben Aaronovitch

No man hates him at whom he can laugh. — Samuel Johnson

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change? — Chris Christie

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. — Mitch Albom

The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly fond memories of. It's a beautiful place, with four seasons up in Wisconsin. And really wonderful people. — Laurel Clark

To understand Darwin's work, you have to distinguish between his theory of descent and his theory of natural selection. THe full name of the first is the theory of descent with modification. Some call it the fact of evolution, and some call it the doctrine of evolution. — Lee Spetner

A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny. — Chuck Jones

I think most writers feel like they're on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us. — Mark Haddon

When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him a chance to respond. You assume he is competent and involve him in his care and let him, as much as possible, solve his own problems. You give him plenty of physical freedom and you don't push development. — Magda Gerber

When did you know you were going to be a writer?
I knew it when I was young, I forgot it in my 30ties, then I remembered it again. — Bernhard Schlink

Valuing names as they do, Realists are sparing with them. They are likely to be known only as Joe or Bill or Plato. And they don't smile much.
Nominalists have more fun. They are known as Aristotle or Decimus-et-Ultimus Barziza, or as Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montague, or perhaps by one name in childhood and several others in the course of life.
A firm Realist misses out on one of the most satisfying of all human activities
the assumption of secret identities. A man who has lived and never been someone else has never lived.
It is true that occasionally there can be embarrassment in secret identities, but only a Realist will take the whole thing seriously enough to hit you. So have your fun, and avoid Realists. — Alexei Panshin

Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story. — Mitch Albom