Irman Gusman Quotes & Sayings

If you want to call attention to your good deed then it isn't a good deed, it's a self-serving one. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back but you're fishing for others to do the same. — Donna Lynn Hope

Take space. It has to be either finite or infinite, yet neither possibility sits well with our intuitions. When I try to imagine a finite universe, I get Marcel Marceau miming on an invisible wall with his hands. Or, after reading about manifolds in books on physics, I see ants creeping over a sphere, or people trapped in a huge inner tube unaware of all the exposure around them. But in all these cases the volume is stubbornly suspended in a larger space, which shouldn't be there at all, but which my minds eye can't help but peek at. — Steven Pinker

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. — Philip Dormer Stanhope

Major de Coverley is a noble and wonderful person, and everyone admires him.'
'He's a silly old fool who really has no right acting like a silly young fool. Where is he today? Dead? — Joseph Heller

Family could lift you up,or mess you up pretty badly. — Kaje Harper

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15. — Hedy Lamarr

One transcendent kiss
that later makes lovers take
soft breaths, holding hands — Lori L. Otto

I'm very superstitious ... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table. — Norman Cook