Obliviousness Means Quotes & Sayings

He must love such a handsome, noble, witty, accomplished lady; and probably she loves him, or, if not his person, at least his purse — Charlotte Bronte

I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon. — Alexandra Paul

That is impossible, — Hans Christian Andersen

Today I'm feeling uncharacteristically chiaroscuro, and I don't know what that means for my future, or as a word. — Jarod Kintz

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something. — Noah Baumbach

She walked down the hill and she found relief in the unnatural stillness of the earth around her, the stillness of full light without sun, of leaves without motion, of a luminous, waiting silence. — Ayn Rand

A dagger is the noble weapon of Brutus. Everyone understands that tyrants fall to daggers. A bomb is a sordid modern device with many complex working parts. Only engineers understand bombs — Bruce Sterling

Make lists of positive aspects. Make lists of things you love - and never complain about anything. And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention and be who-you-are, you will tune to who-you-are, and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes. It is not your job to transform the world for others-but it is your job to transform it for you. A state of appreciation is pure Connection to Source where there is no perception of lack. — Esther Hicks

His point is that when the two seem incompatible we often hang onto the plan, ignore the warnings reality offers us, and so plunge into trouble. Afraid of the darkness of the unknown, the spaces in which we see only dimly, we often choose the darkness of closed eyes, of obliviousness. Gonzalez adds, "Researchers point out that people tend to take any information as confirmation of their mental models. We are by nature optimists, if optimism means that we believe we see the world as it is. And under the influence of a plan, it's easy to see what we want to see." It's the job of writers and explorers to see more, to travel light when it comes to preconception, — Rebecca Solnit

I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream! — Tove Jansson

Every time we consume meat, eggs or dairy foods, we contribute to ecological devastation and the wasteful misuse of resources on a global scale. — Ingrid Newkirk