Presentist Bias Quotes & Sayings

Enthralling! The mix of absurdism and intellectualism is perfect! — Neil Genzlinger

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing. — Adam Levine

If she is afraid of mirrors she is afraid of herself. — Isobelle Carmody

I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. — Amy Heckerling

In a lot of ways, I was kind of crossing lines of what I thought I was comfortable doing. I had to do all this naked stuff. — Robert Pattinson

And so, given the musical sensibilities Hatcher treasured in his earthly life, it is hard to exaggerate the severity of his torture at standing naked in his tiny kitchen in Hell as former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover sings a Bee Gees disco song backed by a full studio orchestra and Robin and Maurice. — Robert Olen Butler

If you don't use your own imagination, somebody else is going to use it for you. — Ronald Sukenick

The poem began with the title. Then I was annoyed by one of the occasional poetry-is-dead articles. Then I refute that notion. — Thomas Lux

Man feels and ponders death as though it were the end, when in fact death is merely the continuation of life. It is another life. You may not believe in the existence of the soul, yet you must acknowledge that your body will live on as green grass, as a cloud. For you are, after all, water and dust. — Janusz Korczak

There was a battle in my brain - in my soul - and I wasn't sure who I was going to let win. This wasn't the drugs talking to me; this was something different. It was almost like - well, it sounds weird - but it was almost like God and the devil were fighting over my soul. Like it was spiritual fight for my life, but it was up to me to make the final choice. — Brian Welch

NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies. — Buzz Aldrin

Puck: Thought you weren't that kind of girl.
Becca: What kind of girl?
Puck: My kind. — Joanna Wylde

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications. — Mary Douglas

Beauty and desire to possess have driven men mad for centuries. — Hannah Rothschild