John Flamsteed Quotes & Sayings

To spend a life in dreams, that sounded too lovely. — Gillian Flynn

In general, it would be a peculiar type of 'justice' to declare a majority all the better and more just the more overwhelming it is, and to maintain abstractly that ninety-eight people abusing two persons is by far not so unjust as fifty-one people mistreating forty-nine. At this point, pure mathematics becomes simple inhumanity. — Carl Schmitt

Her grave is in Brocklebridge Churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a gray marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word 'Resurgam'. — Charlotte Bronte

Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials. — Dan Savage

When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks. — Mark Mobius

As I see it, Being, the Cosmos, whatever you want to call it, is a struggle between two implacable forces: Novelty on the one side and habit on the other side. — Terence McKenna

I spent a lot of my 20s just trying to make other people happy, rather than trying to figure out if doing that made me happy. — Reese Witherspoon

You're not afraid to take risks." "Neither are you, Diana. Don't ever lose that quality. Once a person stops pushing and growing, she is as dead in the spirit as if she were dead in the flesh. — Kate Elliott

When you get to Hell, I'll be sitting in the hot tub waiting."
Cate Harlow, PI — Kristen Houghton

This shall be the last of my benevolent follies, and I will never be kind to anybody again as long as I live. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I didn't like the sound of people gasping at the mere mention of my name. It horrified me. — Joni Mitchell

Time taught me how to see every second as heaven, even though they're perfectly disguised as hell. — Eyedea