Opticks By Isaac Quotes & Sayings

The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd completely detached from my shadow. It's something we all have, and it's where all the creative juices are. — Sue Grafton

How came the bodies of animals to be contrived with so much art, and for what ends were their several parts?
Was the eye contrived without skill in Opticks, and the ear without knowledge of sounds? ... and these things being rightly dispatch'd, does it not appear from phaenomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent ... ? — Isaac Newton

One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived. — Paul Bourget

I walked down to the village with five Sceltie puppies. I came back to the Hall with four."
"And the fifth ?"
"By now, I'm sure Sylvia has convinced the little bitch to let go of Mikal's trousers. And Mrs Beale promised to send her recipe for puppy biscuits to Sylvia's cook."
"Mrs Beale agreed to share a recipe," Saetan said slowly.
"Mrs Beale agreed that I could pay for ... I'm not sure what it is except that it's something she wanted for the kitchen but couldn't justify as a normal household expense."
"And you agreed to fund this in exchange for a recipe ?"
Daemon stared at his father for a long moment before he muttered, "She sharpened the meat cleaver before coming to talk to me."
One beat of silence. Two. Then Saetan burst out laughing. — Anne Bishop

I began to understand that glory was a Gorgon who could turn you to stone if you failed to continue to perform — Joel Dicker

To turn the other cheek is not to give your enemy a knife to kill you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Anything about anyone is attractive as long as they're the kind of person who can be attractive however that comes about. Including scars. — Kristen Ashley

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes,
Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart. — Thomas Gray

I think everybody should have dyslexia and A.D.D. — Paul Orfalea

I'd be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right. — Stephen Collins

Do something to make more money yourself
spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working. — Gina Rinehart