Moominland Map Quotes & Sayings

Shift from mediocrity to excellence. Mediocrity and Excellence are like jealous suitors fighting for a partner and competing to please him/her, to the extent they do all they can to reproduce in sets of twins. Mediocrity gives birth to Irrelevance and Obscurity, whilst Excellence breeds Relevance and Significance. These sets of twins cannot inhabit the same life, only one compatible pair can co-exist. — Archibald Marwizi

The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand. — Bill Joy

The workman cut to the left, still laying on his horn, and roared around the drunkenly weaving limousine. He invited the driver of the limo to perform an illegal sex act on himself. To engage in oral congress with various rodents and birds. He articulated his own proposal that all persons of Negro blood return to their native continent. He expressed his sincere belief in the position the limo driver's soul would occupy in the afterlife. He finished by saying that he believed he had met the limodriver's mother in a New Orleans house of prostitution. — Stephen King

The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that
helps him get through the day — Scott Adams

We open our door, and we are still committed to open our door for our brothers in Syria. But doesn't mean that we should not keep alone. The international community should really - should really share Lebanon the numbers of refugees and share Lebanon the cost of their living. — Najib Mikati

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter. — J.K. Rowling

I'm the Cool One," she told herself. "Somebody give me some tequila because I'll totally drink it. And there's no way you're going to find me later having a panic attack in your parents' bathroom. Who wants to French-kiss? — Rainbow Rowell

That would be stupid." "True. But in keeping with your 'act first, think second' behavioral trend. — Veronica Roth

I'm a man of integrity. My heart is locked and I have given you the only key. — Delano Johnson

All the mortal world is a lethal enemy during those hours between dawn and dusk. — Anne Rice

Clearly there was no headway to be made in an argument when one's opponent was insane. — Lisa Kleypas

The hardness of the human heart makes no sense. — Rob Bell

He is one of the most prescient hedge fund managers on Wall Street, but his trades always seem to happen after the fact. That's because as soon as he executes an order, it is observed and preempted by traders at bigger firms with faster computers. The spread changes, and his buy order goes through just a few fractions of a penny higher than it should have. He is trading in the past, longing for the software and geeks he needs to get into his competitors' present. And his clients can no longer conceive of investing in a company's future, anyway; they want to win on the trade itself, as it actually happens. She's — Douglas Rushkoff