Ociosamente Quotes & Sayings

The aim ... is to provide a clear and rigorous basis for determining when a causal ordering can be said to hold between two variables or groups of variables in a model ... The concepts refer to a model-a system of equations-and not to the 'real' world the model purports to describe. — Herbert Simon

Because shaving and putting on a bunch of foundation every day are emotionally exhausting reminders of being trans, she gets a step removed from them by monologuing like she's explaining them to someone. — Imogen Binnie

We keep waiting for another Mahatma to make a difference in our society and nation. Well it is time to stop waiting. The mantra is "I change to change India". Which means each of us is the Mahatma and has the power to change this nation. Failing which we shall never change for the better. — Jeroninio Almeida

I love the voice - it's the most perfect instrument ever heard. It's God given. — A.R. Rahman

Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate, — Mike Rowe

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer. — Robert Graves

I will always respect the beliefs of fellow Christians who aren't comfortable reading or writing explicit love scenes, but I believe romances are beautiful and spiritual books that celebrate the best of what love has to offer and mirror the love God has for his children. — Teresa Medeiros

He felt that race was not a characteristic that was a part of his identity, but one that was projected upon him by the gaze of others who looked on him; as such it was ephemeral, there and gone as soon as the gaze was broken. — Dexter Palmer

You can't follow another actor's performance. You can't be Robert DeNiro, because you're not Robert DeNiro, and, you know, he is. — Sean Bean

He wants me, all of me - my baggage, my body, my heart, my soul - and I want everything that he is.
So, that's what we give to each other. — Renee Ericson

Time flows away like the water in the river. — Confucius