Langan Quotes & Sayings

It is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost. That you were made of is metal to make virgins. Virginity, by being once lost, may be ten times found: by being ever kept, it is ever lost. 'Tis too cold a companion: away with 't! — William Shakespeare

If he's the person i think he is, he'll handle it just right" Tarah had said. "If not, your better off without him. — Paul Langan

The best part of writing is sharing it. — Kerry Langan

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I've always found that if you live in a cramped place, you have cramped thoughts. — Craig Taylor

Every time I thought that I was "put together," I realized that we're always putting ourselves together, gathering the world in, letting it sift down and form us. — Rebecca Wells

If I can believe believe that the heavens have blessed me with a tiger-spirited daughter, then how can I doubt the existence of a Dragon Musado?" he said.

Kira didn't know how to react to her father's words.

"I believe that one person can change the world. Whether he is the Musado or a girl with a tiger spirit. The monks teach that we mere mortals cannot question fate. But I say that we control destiny by our every action. Our power lies in the choices we make." Her father placed his warm hand on her cheek. "In the choices you make. Remember, stay true to yourself and do what your heart tells you is right, and not what is easy. — Ellen Oh

You gotta admit, it's a messed-up world when going to war is safer than staying home. — Paul Langan

Irony sucks, you know?"
Roger nodded. "That it does. Safely confined to the pages of novels, it's an interesting rhetorical device; encountered loose in the real world, it's a beast with steel claws and mirrors for eyes. — John Langan

Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person. — Yotam Ottolenghi

The introduction to the 1 vs. 100 episode pointed out that Einstein had an IQ of 150 and Langan has an IQ of 195. Langan's IQ is 30 percent higher than Einstein's. But that doesn't mean Langan is 30 percent smarter than Einstein. That's ridiculous. All we can say is that when it comes to thinking about really hard things like physics, — Malcolm Gladwell

The sight of her made him understand why he'd lost his faith in God. — Sarah Langan

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone. — Malcolm Gladwell

If you ever mess with my daughter again, it will be the last mistake you make! — Paul Langan

In my view, ideas and other intellectual productions are more interesting, more indicative of intelligence, and more productively debated than IQ alone. — Christopher Langan

To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia. — Christopher Langan

Jail and the streets go hand in hand. You can't have one with out the other. They coincide. — Kevin Gates

[Chris Langan] told me not long ago. "I found if I go to bed with a question on my mind, all I have to do is concentrate on the question before I go to sleep and I virtually always have the answer in the morning. Sometimes I realize what the answer is because I dreamt the answer and I can remember it. Other times I just feel the answer, and I start typing and the answer emerges onto the page. — Malcolm Gladwell

Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing? — John Langan

You cannot describe the universe completely with any accuracy unless you're willing to admit that it's both physical and mental in nature. — Christopher Langan

I've waited so very long for this. For you. For someone as beautiful, both inside and out, as you, my beloved Brianna. Do you not see? 'Tis no accident that you're here. We were destined through time, through eternity, to meet. To love. — Ruth Ryan Langan

There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking. — Orrin Woodward

Everything begins as an internal reality and then is externalized through perception. — Christopher Langan

I've never had any problem with crazy people. I like crazy people; I probably am a crazy person myself. — Errol Morris

Scientists can test only what they do not take for granted. That can make studying familiar phenomena particularly challenging...This may be especially true of masculinity, femininity and sexuality, because certain ideas abut gender and sexuality are so broadly shared in our culture — Rebecca M. Jordan-Young

Rather than subsidize 'American' exporters, it makes more sense to subsidize any global company - to the extent it's adding to its exports from the United States. — Robert Reich

You can make an oyster surrender its pearl," Clara says. "All you need is persistence and a sharp enough knife. — John Langan

There's no logical connection between being smart and having money. — Christopher Langan

What are we seeing here? One very real possibility is that these are the educational consequences of the differences in parenting styles that we talked about in the Chris Langan chapter. Think back to Alex Williams, the nine-year-old whom Annette Lareau studied. — Malcolm Gladwell

If you really have humility when you love, there is only one thought: "What can I do for my beloved?" — Frederick Lenz

The press of his body on hers brought — Ruth Ryan Langan

I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In other words, I believe that evolution, including the principle of natural selection, is one of the tools used by God to create mankind. Mankind is then a participant in the creation of the universe itself, so that we have a closed loop. I believe that there is a level on which science and religious metaphor are mutually compatible. — Christopher Langan

Even such is time, that takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, our all we have,
And pays us but with age and dust. — Walter Raleigh

I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to be a great songwriter," and got really into trying to figure out how that could be possible. — Ezra Furman

Nobody knows this crime territory better than Mark Langan. His authentic experience proves that he is an expert in telling a story worth listening to. --Alex Kava, NY Times Bestselling Crime Novelist — Mark Langan