Primeaux Quotes & Sayings

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs. — Jack Adams

When I look at what the world does and where people nowadays believe they can find happiness, I am not sure that that is true happiness. The happiness of these ordinary people seems to consist in slavishly imitating the majority, as if this were their only choice. And yet they all believe they are happy. I cannot decide whether that is happiness or not. Is there such a thing as happiness? — Zhuangzi

The Great Pyramid of Giza celebrated the Vernal Equinox. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

And what about tomorrow then? And all the tomorrows to come? Why can't we talk about it? Why can't we ever talk about it? — Judith Guest

Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, "Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins." I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me. — Martin Luther

In the rush of life, it is quite easy to forget what's important. As cliche as this is, it's easy to take life for granted when you don't have time to focus properly. It is only when life diverts from the 'plan' that we suddenly take time to see what is really important. — Leigh Hershkovich

Ten years ago, when I was on an airplane and I introduced myself to my seatmate, and told them [I was a psychologist], they'd move away from me ... And now when I tell people what I do, they move toward me. — Martin Seligman

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it. — Damien Hirst

This was a practical application of the principle that a half-feigned and fictitious faith is better than no faith at all. — Thomas Hardy

The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood. — Jackson Katz

It always seems crazy to tell people what to expect. That never works! So, I don't know what to say, other than that they can expect me. — Seth Rogen

But are there really good people? Good people, through and through? Or are we all just varying versions of bad people, some trying harder to be good? — Anna Banks