Kirban Quotes & Sayings

Emotions, particularly strong emotions in people we care about, are contagious. But just as so-called negative emotions are contagious, so are calming and compassionate ones. [...] Mirror neurons in the brain are what cause us to feel the experiences and emotions of people around us. In the classic example, if I am watching you eat a banana, the neurons in my brain that are involved in eating bananas begin to fire. Likewise, if I am sitting across from you and feeling sad or angry, you are likely to have those neurons fire in your brain as well; thus you are *feeling* those emotions yourself, not just detecting them. — Christopher Willard

I'm saying that Nexus may defy human understanding because it is not the product of normal human thought,"Holtzman said. "It is the product of posthuman thought. — Ramez Naam

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you. — James Joyce

As I forgive, I set myself free and experience the bliss of inner peace. — Louise Hay

From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer. — Tom Watson

Ignorance is not a virtue, nor empty thoughts a pot of gold. — Patrick Brigham

Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something he can see and feel. — Ambrose Bierce

With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's entire population using one communication technology, that's a big deal. It's beyond the theoretical at this point. The people who think it's a fad have probably not been paying that much attention. — Ben Horowitz

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. — Teddy Roosevelt