Mainers Helping Quotes & Sayings

If one destroyed in museums and libraries, if one hurled down on the flagstones before the churches all the works and all the monuments of art that religions have inspired, what would remain of the great dreams of humanity? To give to men that portion of hope and illusion without which they cannot live, such is the reason for the existence of gods, heroes, and poets. During fifty years science appeared to undertake this task. But science has been compromised in hearts hungering after the ideal, because it does not dare to be lavish enough of promises, because it cannot lie — Gustave Le Bon

There was no better way to live, or worse. It was all terrible, and you had to do it constantly, — Alexandra Kleeman

I don't even own a computer. I write by hand then I type it up on an old manual typewriter. But I cross out a lot - I'm not writing in stone tablets, it's just ink on paper. I don't feel comfortable without a pen or a pencil in my hand. I can't think with my fingers on the keyboard. Words are generated for me by gripping the pen, and pressing the point on the paper. — Paul Auster

The culture of celebrity has become insane. It's all based on fantasy, and I find it creepy and disturbing. — Sophia Myles

It is time for a new generation of leadership. — John F. Kennedy

Sex was for men. Marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children. — Carrie Fisher

I don't want to be known as a jerk forever. — Seann William Scott

It seems reasonable to say that people make good choices in contexts in which they have experience, god information, and prompt feedback - say, choosing among ice cream flavors. People know whether they like chocolate, vanilla, coffee, licorice, or something else. They do less well in contexts in which they are inexperienced and poorly informed, and in which feedback is slow or infrequent - say, in choosing between fruit and ice cream (where the long-term effects are slow and feedback is poor) or in choosing among medical treatments or investment options. If you are given fifty prescription drug plans, with multiple and varying features, you might benefit from a little help. So long as people are not choosing perfectly, some changes in the choice architecture could make their lives go better (as judged by their own preferences, not those of some bureaucrat). — Cass R. Sunstein

Man does not live in isolation, we depend upon each other. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Soon, they actually began to titter on their toes as they glared at me, looking more like an army of angry wasps than ever before. All they needed now were matching yellow and black jumpers and pretend stingers! — Adele Rose

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Whenever a society wants to demonize a particular group, it prohibits them from marrying. — Sheila Kuehl

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered — Chinua Achebe

'Deal or No Deal' works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, and move around the set. I'm not stuck behind a pedestal reading trivia questions. I've always had problems sitting still and listening for long periods of time. The show spares me these challenges. I can live in the moment. It's like a standup act. — Howie Mandel