John Bradstreet Quotes & Sayings

If we do find ET, we will at least have something in common with them. They may live on planet Zog and have seven tentacles, but they will be made of the same kinds of atoms as us. If they have eyes, they will gaze out on the same cosmos as we do. They will, like us, trace their origins back to a 'Big Bang' 13.8 billion years ago. — Martin Rees

To trace the development of mind from earliest times ... requires ... not a categorical concept, but a functional one ... The most promising operational principle for this purpose is the principle of individuation.[p. 310]" "[yet she also says:] ... we have no physical model of this endless rhythm of individuation and involvement, we do have its image in the world of art, most purely in dance; ... this dialectic of vital continuity ... [p. 355] — Susanne K. Langer

People are predictable. That's what makes them easy to kill. — Shaun Jeffrey

Not that being so mature is a bad thing, but there are times to be mature and there are times to be loose. — David Gallagher

Sometimes you have to go through some ugly stuff to get to the good stuff. — Clinton Anderson

A democracy which fails to concentrate authority in an emergency inevitably falls into such confusion that the ground is prepared for the rise of a dictator. — Walter Lippmann

I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time. — CeeLo Green

Revolutionary products don't fail because they are shipped too early. They fail because they aren't revised fast enough. — Guy Kawasaki

My hair has been in training some time. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

For me, poetry has no point in existing if it's not to be a prompt or aid to political and ethical change. — John Kinsella

I hope you're happy," she said to Mrs. James.
"Happiness is for fools." Helena James shrugged. "So I wish that for you. — Alice Hoffman

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role. — Cliff Martinez

Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of idolatry. — William Bernard Ullathorne

History, rather than following a predictable path from the past to the present, is like a meander: a twisting and turning stream shaped over time by a combination of obvious and imperceptible forces. — W. Bruce Fye

He tilts his head forward, so close that our noses actually touch, and he winds my braid around his finger. I hold my breath and try to turn off the part of my brain that insists on analyzing every situation and running it through different scenarios and outcomes before taking action. Instead I press on, determined to worry about the consequences later. Sam from WHO I KISSED. — Janet Gurtler