Micromovements Quotes & Sayings

The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys chasing him. — Barry Switzer

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. — Cornel West

The fact is that the beautiful, humanly speaking, is merely form considered in its simplest aspect, in its most perfect symmetry, in its most entire harmony with our make-up. Thus the ensemble that it offers us is always complete, but restricted like ourselves. What we call the ugly, on the contrary, is a detail of a great whole which eludes us, and which is in harmony, not with man but with all creation. That is why it constantly presents itself to us in new but incomplete aspects. — Victor Hugo

The problem is, in software design, often the consequences of your decisions don't become apparent for years. — Kent Beck

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me. — Henry Rollins

Shaunti wields the researcher's clipboard, the analyst's data, and the counselor's insight to bring the excellent newsflash that great marriages are the culmination of definable, repetitive micromovements that add up to deep relationship satisfaction. — Anita Renfroe

One action produces a reaction; that is karma. — Thubten Yeshe

We live in a crazily youth-orientated world nowadays. It's a trickle-down thing. We see pictures of lithe, attractive celebrity couples such as Brad and Angelina or the Beckhams cavorting around, covered in tattoos, stomachs as flat as the singing in early 'X Factor' rounds. — John Niven

Knowledge isn't always powerful. Sometimes it's just heart-breaking. — Nigel Jay Cooper

The way I look at tricks is if I really have my mind set on one, I'm going to learn it until I can do it 10 or 20 times in a row. I want to perfect it. — Ryan Sheckler

It is a strange thing how sometimes merely to talk honestly of God, even if it is only to articulate our feelings of separation and confusion, can bring peace to our spirits. You thought you were unhappy because this or that was off in your relationship, this or that was wrong in your job, but the reality is that your sadness stemmed from your aversion to, your stalwart avoidance of, God. The other problems may very well be true, and you will have to address them, but what you feel when releasing yourself to speak of the deepest needs of your spirit is the fact that no other needs could be spoken of outside of that context. You cannot work on the structure of your life if the ground of your being in unsure. — Christian Wiman

You cannot always make such big exhibitions, because they consume too much time and energy. — Alva Noto