Ooooooh Gooooon Quotes & Sayings

He had to lie to himself about life, pretend it was less hard than it really was, and then press forward by one slippery means or another, all the while deluding himself into believing that he was conquering the world. — Dean Koontz

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. — Dave Barry

If you defend a behavior by arguing that people are programmed directly for it, then how do you continue to defend it if your speculation is wrong, for the behavior then becomes unnatural and worthy of condemnation. Better to stick resolutely to a philosophical position on human liberty: what free adults do with each other in their own private lives is their business alone. It need not be vindicated and must not be condemned by genetic speculation. — Stephen Jay Gould

Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm. — Richard Rorty

Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters. — Carson McCullers

As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. — Adi Shankara

I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so ... anoraky. — Bear Grylls

California is where you get to start over. — Tracy Chevalier

In a society that says, "Put yourself last," self-love and self-acceptance are almost revolutionary. If — Brene Brown

The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to serve their own pride. They will understand, at best, half of the truth. But those who improve themselves for the sake of the world - to these, the whole truth of the universe will be revealed. — Laozi

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. — William Penn

Evil is license, and that is why it is monotonous: everything has to be drawn from ourselves. One is condemned to false infinity. That is hell itself. — Simone Weil