Reba And Elisa Quotes & Sayings

Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions. — Hanif Kureishi

The gods of hunter-gatherers are often capricious and malevolent. They sometimes punish bad behavior, but they bring suffering to the virtuous as well. As groups take up agriculture and grow larger, however, their gods become far more moralistic. — Jonathan Haidt

Family is so important. Friends are so important. You need that connection. — Tobias Segal

Every paper published in a respectable journal should have a preface by the author stating why he is publishing the article, and what value he sees in it. I have no hope that this practice will ever be adopted. — Morris Kline

The way to learn German, is, to read the same dozen pages over and over a hundred times, till you know every word and particle in them, and can pronounce and repeat them by heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves. — Little Richard

I am moving deeper into my own brain. — Peter Porter

But mining is also an intellectual exercise, requiring the combined skills of a plumber, a carpenter, and an electrician as well as an explosives expert. You had to be able to judge the load strength of a beam or the friability of rock at a glance and do instant calculations in your head, because one false step or misplaced stick of dynamite could blow you into body parts or at least send a few digits flying off on their own. So this was the mental procedure, which even a little girl could learn: First, size up the situation. Make sure you have all the facts, and nothing but the facts - no folklore, no conventional wisdom, no lazy assumptions. Then examine the facts for patterns and connections. Make a prediction. See if it works. And if it doesn't work, start all over again. — Barbara Ehrenreich

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around. — Neil Young

The opportunity for greater courage comes in the most ordinary of moments. — Mary Anne Radmacher

I think about you. But I don't say it anymore. — Marguerite Duras

THE "GAMES" BEGIN — John Feinstein