Kahnemans Book Quotes & Sayings

Let those who hanker after the past return to the past! Let those who want to leave the world leave the world! Let those who want to ascend to heaven do so! Let those whose souls want to leave their bodies expire quickly! The earth today should be inhabited by man with a firm hold on the present, a firm hold on the earth. — Lu Xun

I can't handle rollercoasters. I have no control of it. It gets to me. — Junior Seau

False friends, like weeds, try very hard to appear genuine. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I had seen 'Pillowman' in London and loved it. Being part of something that I, as an audience member, would like to be part of was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had. — Zeljko Ivanek

I'm learning with my mom how to cook more Spanish food. I'm trying to make a good paella, but that's a real art. — Daniel Bruhl

Would we have evolved the same technical skills and intelligence without these supremely versatile appendages? — Frans De Waal

A telemarketer has as much right to force people to listen to a sales pitch as a door-to-door salesman has to force himself into a home. — Julie Ann Dawson

Do you still believe that if you truly want something enough it can happen? I ask. I think of all the times I wanted to stop the world from spinning, all the times I wanted to go back and start over again. All the things I've wanted to undo or take back. Did I not want them enough? — Carrie Ryan

When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put it up on a T-ball stand so she can hit it out of the park.' — Mark Waters

The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well ... But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother's windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long. — Lamar Alexander

IF INDEED THESE VARIOUS ATTACKS IN DIFFERENT STATES ARE LINKED, then we're dealing with a set of highly complex ritual behaviors," said Dr. Lawrence Zucker. A criminal psychologist who served as consultant to Boston PD, — Tess Gerritsen

The terrible sticky thing about truth is if it exists, it's coming for you. — Paul David Washer

We talked about how impossible it is to read minds and hearts and what a relief it is to hear what the person you love needs and learn how to give it. — Glennon Doyle Melton

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence. — Don Shula

The man looked over at the woman. "The things I do for love," he said with loathing. He gave Bran a shove. — George R R Martin