Mindstreams Quotes & Sayings

When people say that this kind of fantasy fiction is escapist and evading the real world, well I think that's an evasion. It's actually trying to confront something that most people would rather not confront. — Tom Shippey

By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination, through which we effectively, if often unthinkingly, reduce his life chances. We construct a stigma-theory, an ideology to explain his inferiority and account for the danger he represents, sometimes rationalizing an animosity based on other differences, such as those of social class. — Erving Goffman

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough. — Johnny Miller

You're the worst human I've ever met, — Hugh Howey

It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps. — William A. Connelly

The Pi Betas had accepted the fact that Rose was Mexican, but it was obvious they would just as soon ignore it. And they seemed to assume Rose wanted to do that, too. The other girls might not be overtly disturbed by the fact that Rose was a chicana, but they certainly were not going to encourage her to explore her heritage. No, if Rose joined the Pi Betas, she would have to deny the biggest part of herself. She would have to become completely American. — Francine Pascal

what with the follies and an indecent proposal it's been quite a night — Barbra Streisand

If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date? — Mark Cuban

To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues. Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one's own mind. — Ajahn Chah

Against the bold, daring is unsafe. — Ovid

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding. — Miyamoto Musashi

Remember that in the end, the universe responds to our emotions, not to our words. — Stephen Richards

You can have your beliefs and have your faith, but don't try to impose it one me, and vice versa. — Rib Hillis

I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth, — Pope Benedict XVI