Pronoia Quotes & Sayings

I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally. — Rory Kinnear

Let all the love and beauty of our lives bloom like a flower reflected through our smiles. — Debasish Mridha

One touch of regret- not the canny substitute but the true regret from the heart- would have made him a different man, and the British Empire a different institution. — E. M. Forster

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. — Jack Benny

It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work. — Janine Di Giovanni

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. — Gwen John

There's a new and virulent cultural virus ripping through the world ... The symptoms of those infected include attacks of optimism, strong feelings of community, lower stress levels and outbreaks of pronoia - the sneaking feeling that someone is conspiring behind their backs to help them. — Jules Marshall

The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty. — Franz Kafka

It's sometimes more torment for a man, Mr. Fagin said, to consider what might have been than to live with what is. — Alice McDermott

Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia. It's the understanding that the universe is fundamentally friendly. It's a mode of training your senses and intellect so you're able to perceive the fact that life always gives you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it. — Rob Brezsny

I don't really know that anybody's proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value. — Steve Ballmer

Through love scraps of copper are turned to gold. — Rumi

We thought we had elevated animal behavior to an art form. But then we met Ozzy. — Tommy Lee

In this century, the Australian Century, Australia will also have an opportunity to achieve extraordinary feats. Just as the United States dominates world affairs with less than five per cent of the global population, Australia too can make a lasting impression with its own limited demographics. The rise of the global middle class is Australia's pathway to exceptionalism. — Asher Judah

He could hope for many things, though he had stopped doing so long ago. If one didn't hope, then disappointment didn't visit. Hoping meant you had somehting to live for, and living for something or someone else was asking for pain. -Nik — Lora Leigh

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world. — Susan Rice

PRONOIA: The irrational belief that people like you — Jon Winokur