Jk Simmons Juno Quotes & Sayings

Today the fate of humankind is even more crucially linked than ever before. The boundaries between the problems of 'others' and 'our' problems are being increasingly erased. — Janez Drnovsek

I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, 'Poor thing.' I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better. — Elijah Wood

By the 1890s, the leading Wall Street bankers were becoming increasingly disgruntled with their own creation, the National Banking System ... while the banking system was partially centralized under their leadership, it was not centralized enough. — Murray Rothbard

favorite junior officers (Weston was a first lieutenant — Nathan J. Allison

Then they both smiled the exact same smile. Narcissism times two. Oh, get a room already. — Devon Monk

One is our tendency to give higher credences to propositions that we want to be true. This can show up at a very personal level, as what's known as self-serving bias: — Sean Carroll

I'm one of these people who couldn't imagine the future. The future never occurred to me. I just loved life every day. — Pattie Boyd

One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride were soon recognized by most of his prospective customers. There was one worn, tiny wedge-shaped tool bearing the highest price, however, which seemed difficult to identify. "What is that?" someone asked. "I can't quite place it." "Oh that!" Satan answered. "That is Discouragement. It is my most valuable tool. With it I can open many hearts, since so few people know that it belongs to me." — James Keller

In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then. — Patrick O'Brian

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room. — Minor White

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. — Barney Frank

The cocoon like water, the labored trance and rhythmic breath of lap swimming had done their work, had unwound the restless feeling into nothingness. — A.M. Jenkins

If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet ... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination. — Harold Brodkey

If you are vulnerable economically, you are vulnerable all along the line. — Clive James