Pijpbom Quotes & Sayings

The astronomer's rule of thumb:
if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen — Clifford Stoll

When she returns," Aedion said quietly, "what she will do to the King of Adarlan will make the slaughtering ten years ago look merciful." And in his heart, Aedion hoped he spoke true. — Sarah J. Maas

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner. — Casey Stengel

Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you're encouraging labor substitution and you're going to go buy machines and automate things - or cause jobs to appear outside of that jurisdiction. And so within certain limits, you know, it does cause job destruction. If you really start pushing it, then you're just making a huge trade-off. — Bill Gates

I think the metric by which television is considered liberal is literally based on the metric of liberalism in each person's soul. Peoples' senses of humor tend to go about as far as their ideology. — Jon Stewart

I am consumed with the fear of ... — Arsenio Hall

More people than ever are being paid to think, instead of just doing routine tasks. Yet making complex decisions and solving new problems is difficult for any stretch of time because of some real biological limits on your brain. Surprisingly, one of the best ways to improve mental performance is to understand these limits. In act 1, Emily discovers why thinking requires so much energy, and develops new techniques for dealing with having too much to do. Paul learns about the space limits of his brain, and works out how to deal with information overload. Emily finds out why it's so hard to do two things at once, and rethinks how she organizes her work. Paul discovers why he is so easily distracted, and works on how to stay more focused. Then he finds out how to stay in his brain's "sweet spot." In the last scene, Emily discovers that her problem-solving techniques need improving, and learns how to have breakthroughs when she needs them most. — David Rock

I hated running, but I was beginning to develop the right mind-set: Do whatever it takes. THIS — Chris Kyle

I trusted providence to prevent a sneeze, refused to worry, declined to dwell on negative possibilities, and I did not sneeze, did not sneeze, still did not sneeze, but then I farted. — Dean Koontz

I thought that once I got to this city nothing could ever catch up with me because I could remake my life daily. Once that had made me feel infinite. Now I was certain I would never learn. Being remade was the same thing as being constantly undone. — Stephanie Danler

ECassChoosesPikachu: What does not kill us merely lowers our defenses for the next shit storm to finish us off.
SeanCassinova to ECassChoosesPikachu: I still have my "Free Hugs" sign. — L. H. Cosway

Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station. — Peter Coyote

I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer. — Calamity Jane