Prchal Marek Quotes & Sayings

There's actually a term for this - "hedonic adaptation." When good things happen, we bake them very quickly into our baseline expectations, — Dan Harris

Then who is more miserable? One of whom I am about to speak. Who is that? He who is of a tyrannical nature, and instead of leading a private life has been cursed with the further misfortune of being a public tyrant. From — Plato

The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart. — Joshua Reynolds

Nine of 10 whites in Chicago borrow from top-drawer banks and mortgage companies, which the industry calls prime lenders. They lend to people with A credit ratings, making loans at competitive rates. — Bill Dedman

Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them? — Stephen Schwartz

I'm likely to stay here, pen in hand, until dusk comes and my writing melts into the twilight. — Fennel Hudson

Students engaged in direct experience with materials, unforeseen obstacles, and serendipitous discoveries may result in understanding never anticipated by the teacher. — Sylvia Libow Martinez

Have you read Belondweg?"
"I coudn't call myself much of a scholar if I hadn't," he said.
He was adorable and he made me smile, but I couldn't let him see. — Rachel Hartman

A second-thought's kindness can purchase a kingdom of regard. — Euphrates Arnaut Moss

He didn't care about the others anymore. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal. All he wanted was to survive, make it to that building, get inside. Live. Gain another day. — James Dashner

He felt like a baked bean in a can, soaring through the air on a downward turn of a parabolic arc... — A. Ashley Straker

Beetroot is a great salad ingredient, especially when still warm; the colour ain't bad, either. — Yotam Ottolenghi

Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II. — David Rolf

God always gives you what you would have asked for if you knew everything that He knows. — Timothy J. Keller

It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out. — Laura Hillenbrand