Misfit Goodreads Quotes & Sayings

In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon himself. Out of which several inquiries there do arise three knowledges, Divine Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, and Human Philosophy or Humanity. For all things are marked and stamped with this triple character of the power of God, the difference of Nature and the use of Man. — Francis Bacon

The first step to inspiring others is to make sure you're inspired yourself. — Carmine Gallo

I don't think I could ever stop being a game designer, that's just where my brain is going to be at until I'm in the coffin. — Chris Avellone

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure. — Lara St. John

we are eating for the tests to come rather than the day just gone. — Geraint Thomas

His smile was like lightning in the darkness, blinding and beautiful and mysterious, and I wanted him so badly it was physically painful. — Sylvia Day

Something the heart must have to cherish, Must love and joy and sorrow learn; Something with passion clasp, or perish And in itself to ashes burn. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of one — Marcel Proust

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible. — Abdus Salam

To be free from destruction mindset of sin is to permit the lordship of Christ — Sunday Adelaja

Most dancers I know, especially the talented and successful ones, seem to possess [my dog's] knack for living moment to moment. You see, their idea of time is related to those infinitely short moments when they are onstage being their superselves. — Paul Taylor

Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive. — Elon Musk

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

The problem often is that aspiring brands wish to be universally loved. Unfortunately, universal love is neither achievable nor desirable. Instead, great brands are loved by some and hated by others because they actually stand for something. — Nirmalya Kumar