Pessimismo Cosmico Quotes & Sayings

For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy. — Andrew Morton

These changes-the more rapid pulse, the deeper breathing, the increase of sugar in the blood, the secretion from the adrenal glands-were very diverse and seemed unrelated. Then, one wakeful night, after a considerable collection of these changes had been disclosed, the idea flashed through my mind that they could be nicely integrated if conceived as bodily preparations for supreme effort in flight or in fighting. Further investigation added to the collection and confirmed the general scheme suggested by the hunch. — Walter Bradford Cannon

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to quote another paradoxical gem of my dad's: sometimes you have to lose to win. — Donna Tartt

The object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question. — Julius Lester

I've come to realize that life is what you make it. — Jude Deveraux

I would like to focus on the use of the word silly for a particular people's point of views. Everybody has what is called a plausibility structure; we all have sets of background beliefs through which we process and assess evidence. When you call something silly, you are merely saying, 'Relative to my plausibility structure that isn't within that structure.' That's merely a comment on your own psychology, there's nothing more to it so I don't find that very helpful," (Randal Rauser, Unbelieveable Feb. 1, 2014). — Randal Rauser

That kid gave Leo the freakie-deakies. — Rick Riordan

When you're making a critical decision, you have to understand how it's going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you're talking to, but the people that aren't in the room. Everybody else. — Ben Horowitz

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it. — Jason Alexander

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt. — Roald Dahl

I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern. — Taylor Swift

When you're different you've got two choices. You can stand out or you step back. — Niall Williams

It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game. — Maria Sharapova

If they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?
Luke — New Testament

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you. — Tyne Daly