Jarrick Quotes & Sayings

Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read books are far less valuable than unread ones. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable. — Aristotle.

M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope, even a few surprises ... — Neil Gaiman

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way. — Gwyneth Paltrow

I'm an advocate of human nature. — Jaron Lanier

If you could live in the moment, you would see the flavor of eternity and when you metabolize the experience of eternity, your body doesn't age. — Deepak Chopra

I'm so hot that I'm willingly get with myself, I just don't know how. What do you say to do that for me? — Rick Riordan

But then, even with cuts, bruises and blood all over him, he looked like his jackass self again.
- Alex Gold — R.J. Morse, R.J. Brookes

When had I tamed myself? It had been a lengthy apprenticeship, begun when I was as young as ten, and continued relentlessly throughout my adolescence, when I had discovered to my own terror that I wanted to murder somebody: my father, a sarcastic friend, my professor of Latin and Greek, even a rude passerby. It was not until I was almost twenty that I began to suspect that, along with the repression of my violent impulses, I had repressed everything, even my ability to experience a profound emotion, even my impulse to do good deeds and help others. I had become as good as I had hoped to be, but good with the cautious detachment of one who never indulges in excess. — Domenico Starnone

Miss Bulstrode had another faculty which demonstrated her superiority over most other women. She could listen. — Agatha Christie

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it. — Alanis Morissette

When life gives you lemons you should freeze them and use them to throw at your enemies using some sort of trebuchet. — Jenny Lawson

I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something. — Winston Churchill

I think this man realized how important it is for you to love yourself, to find your self-worth. Those who truly love you don't just stop when you hurt them." Keeley's — Lora Ann

When we tap into our creativity, we experience a sense of strength and well-being. — JuliaCameron