Myopically Portal Quotes & Sayings

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience. — Halle Berry

Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Whenever something serious happens, you're supposed to count yourself lucky and be happy. — Harry Mulisch

We gather for prayer, and reading the Bible, and singing the songs of David. — William Brewster

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. — Mario Batali

The problem of the origin of the laws of physics is an acute one for physicists. Einstein's suggestion that they may turn out necessarily to possess the form that they do has little support. It is sometimes said that a truly unified theory of physics might be so tightly constrained logically that its mathematical formulation is unique. But this claim is readily refuted. It is easy to construct artificial universe models, albeit impoverished ones bearing only a superficial resemblance to the real thing, which are nevertheless mathematically and logically self-consistent. — Paul Davies

No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one. — Thomas Watson

When we pulled in, the customs officer looked in the back. The back of the wagon was filled with cases stenciled PINK FLOYD
LONDON.
'Got Pink Floyd in the back of the car, do you?' he asked.
'Righto, mate. We shrunk 'em and stuck 'em in fookin' boxes, we did,' said Nigel.
Amazingly, the customs officer laughed and waved us through. — John Elder Robison

Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears. — Victor Hugo

I feel like I've helped create a new standard of hustle for defensive linemen. — Jevon Kearse

To be or not to be what exactly? — Chloe Thurlow

Yeah, I'm scared. I'm scared I might kill Schmeling. — Joe Louis