Mimeographed Papers Quotes & Sayings

Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened. — Laozi

Religion for a long time has come to be static in India. What we want is to make it dynamic. I want it to be brought into the life of everybody. — Swami Vivekananda

When we let go of the self, we are more inspired to work with others; and when we are generous to others, we realize that the self is lost. — Chogyam Trungpa

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society — Gordon Brown

Are we out of our mind or is this really special? — Jacques Crepineau

Getting older is unavoidable, but falling apart is not. — John J. Ratey

I am not quite myself, I think.
But who here is quite himself? And yet there is a way in which we are all more ourselves than ever, I suppose. — Amy Hempel

As a boy, I was a member of a club run by the famous reptile showman Ross Allen, and the club sent its members pseudoscientific papers mimeographed on construction paper with a three-hole punch. — Padgett Powell

The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The falseness between lovers,husbands and wifes,fathers,sons,mothers,daughters — Mario Puzo

I became fascinated by the then-blossoming science of molecular biology when, in my senior year, I happened to read the papers by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod on the operon theory. — Susumu Tonegawa

MGM bores me when I see them, but I don't see them much. They have been a help in getting me introductions to morticians, who are the only people worth knowing. — Evelyn Waugh

When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise. — Leonard Jacobson

It's so hard to live that one needs a support around life. We can't live without some supernatural support. — Sheila Heti

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him. — Dean Koontz

Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think. — Dylan Moran

Mitt Romney knows America's prosperity didn't happen because our government simply spent more. It happened because our people used their own money to open a business. — Marco Rubio