Menghayati Al Quotes & Sayings

[We] are usually much more willing to entertain the possibility that we are wrong about insignificant matters than about weighty ones. This has a certain emotional logic, but it is deeply lacking in garden-variety logic. In high-stakes situations, we should want to do everything possible to ensure that we are right
which, as we will see, we can only do by imagining all the ways we could be wrong. That we are able to do this when it hardly matters, yet unable to do so when the stakes are huge, suggests that we might learn something important by comparing these otherwise very different experiences. — Kathryn Schulz

If your religion hasn't made you a better person, then it has failed you as a religion. — Immortal Technique

All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder. — Albert Pierrepoint

After all the evidence is in
after you've run all the facts by everything you know
and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. — Christopher Moore

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated. — P. J. O'Rourke

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. — Stanley Kubrick

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. — Billy Bob Thornton

I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her. — Cheech Marin

You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist? — J. B. Smoove

God brings us a song so that we may know joy. He enters our hearts so that we may know how to love. God brings us his word so that we may know how to live our lives. He brings us his peace so that we may be strong. God helps to make the world a more loving place. — Phil Mitchell

There is a mean streak to authentic self-control. Underneath what seems to be the placid demeanor of those who are not ruled by their desires is the heart of a warrior. Self control is not for the timid. When we want to grow in it, not only do we nurture an exuberance for Jesus Christ, we also demand of ourselves a hatred for sin. — Edward T. Welch

Was there anything better than to be wanted? Was that all anyone really needed? — Liane Moriarty

The fear and anxiety of baring my soul is transcended by the thrill and honor and wonderfulness of being able to touch and affect so many people ... having people look into my mind, my imagination ... into my heart and soul. — Elizabeth Kim

Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?" — Sophie Swetchine

If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch. — Bill Anderson