Meseure Quotes & Sayings

Up till now, we can suppose, nervous systems solved the Now what do I do? problem by a relatively simple balancing act between a strictly limited repertoire of actions - if not the famous four F's (fight, flee, feed, or mate), then a modest elaboration of them. — Daniel Dennett

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth. — Lao-Tzu

As there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members or affiliated terrorists during a time of war. The American people expect their leaders to stay a step ahead of the enemy, and the National Security Agency authorization is a critical tool in the War on Terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time. — Scott McClellan

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come. — Zig Ziglar

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly. — Al Roker

The next frontier is our own selves. — Joel Garreau

If you express an intention, consider it the intention of God. How then could you doubt that it could be fulfilled? — Vadim Zeland

Overall, books and art were a safer escape from reality than sleep. — Lisa Cach

There is an eternal rest for every soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Many people implicitly believe in the Hydraulic Theory of Violence: that humans harbor an inner drive toward aggression (a death instinct or thirst for blood), which builds up inside us and must periodically be discharged. Nothing could be further from a contemporary scientific understanding of the psychology of violence. Aggression is not a single motive, let alone a mounting urge. It is the output of several psychological systems that differ in their environmental triggers, their internal logic, their neurobiological basis, and their social distribution. — Steven Pinker

I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed. — Elizabeth Strout

I would like to explore and see this country. I have had so many opportunities to see it from the air! I would like to climb the mountains that I wished I could climb at the time but had to get back to Washington. — Janet Reno

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently. — Larry David