Incentive To Study Quotes & Sayings

I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly. — Diane Von Furstenberg

It's really disgusting what Hollywood can do to a guy. — Ron Perlman

One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner ... and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth. — W.E.B. Du Bois

The technology for a clothing printer exists but is not packaged in a form that would be suitable for consumer use. With the future potential of printing technology, an at-home clothing printer is a definite possibility. Our challenge was to define the experience. — Joshua Harris

Now I'm really curious. Tell me." I tapped on his bare chest. "Please?"
He watched me a moment. "It's in Sanskrit. It says, 'This Is Forever.'"
My heart skipped a beat as I stared up at him. "Does it mean what I think it does? — J. Lynn

Infirmity alone makes us take notice and learn, and enables us to analyse mechanisms of which otherwise we should know nothing. A man who falls straight into bed night after night, and ceases to live until the moment when he wakes and rises, will surely never dream of making, I don't say great discoveries, but even minor observations about sleep. He scarcely knows that he is asleep. A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness. An unfailing memory is not a very powerful incentive to the study of the phenomena of memory. — Marcel Proust

You can't patent a recommendation to eat lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. So there's no incentive for industry to invest in such research and no incentive for researchers to study and validate such claims. — T. Colin Campbell

I am not going to ask that old man if his family home is haunted! — Kathy Bryson

I'm a magician. I've learned to do some really cool tricks like levitating myself and melting forks. — Blake Michael

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Although a government study found that men's health was much worse than women's health or the health of any minority group, headlines around the country read: 'Minorities Face Large Health Care Gap.' They did not say: 'Men Face Large Health Care Gap.' Why? Because we associate the sacrifice of men's lives with the saving of the rest of us, and this association leads us to carry in our unconscious an incentive not to care about men living longer. — Warren Farrell

He said knowledge should be free to everyone," said Satya defiantly. "That's what we believe."
"Just because someone believes the same thing you do doesn't mean they're a good person," said Elfwyn. — Sage Blackwood

If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God. — Tim Hughes