Lesswrong Sequences Quotes & Sayings

Work is the best method devised for killing time. — William Feather

All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland. — Jimi Hendrix

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality. — John Twelve Hawks

Do you," he murmured, "do you have any - Smarties? You brought some once, I remember, in a tube with a lid on. They were small, and many-coloured - all different colors - and they tasted very good. — Amanda Hemingway

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world. — Josh Henderson

When I write a book I write the best that I can and so much of that for me is following the book's demands, the subject's requirements - I love books, I always have. They have always been one of the places where I have felt very happy in the world. When I was younger, I loved to read genre fiction - I loved the magic-carpet ride of story! Now I need other things - I need the beautiful particular and strange language and form which brings a writer's book to life in me and speaks to my intellect, and, dare I say it, to my soul. — Micheline Aharonian Marcom

When we removed your son, we replaced him with nothing! — Julius Malema

As early as 1912, we worked on the problem of the hydrogenation of organic substances with the aid of highly compressed hydrogen. — Friedrich Bergius