Reconcilement Of Account Quotes & Sayings

The human brain comprises about 2 percent of a person's body weight, but it consumes upward of 20 pcent of that body's oxygen intake, and it controls 100 percent of that body's actions. — Elyn R. Saks

Socrates was the chief saint of the Stoics throughout their history ; his attitude at the time of his trial, his refusal to escape, his calmness in the face of death , and his contention that the perpetrator of injustice injures himself more than his victim, all fitted in perfectly with Stoic teaching. So did his indifference to heat and cold, his plainness in matters of food and dress, and his complete independence of all bodily comforts. — Bertrand Russell

Quit staring at my breasts," she hissed with a soft stomp of her heel.
His gaze flashed to hers.
"Why? They're mine. — Katie Reus

If you would know these demands of life, you would gain a quicker success, at a greater pace, with less stress than otherwise. — Sunday Adelaja

And I walked across the room past all that was missing, through the door, and into the light that shone like a sweet wide smile over all that was actually there. — Sarah Weeks

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction. — Booker T. Washington

I just think it's fortunate that Sir Isaac Newton didn't share the sense of humor of a member of the public, because had he done so, he would of been so amused by the simple effects of gravity, that he would of never gotten round making a comprehensive study of it's causes.
That's the punchline! 'a comprehensive study of it's courses'! I worked for that! Will you be telling this joke at work? I don't think so!
And yes, I am aware that I say this to you while hanging precariously of this art-deco balcony. And I do so deliberately in the hope that I will fall to my death, and that you will learn about the thin line between slap-stick and tragedy. — Stewart Lee

Far away in the west the sun was setting and the last glow of all
too fleeting day lingered lovingly on sea and strand, on the proud
promontory of dear old Howth guarding as ever the waters of the bay, on
the weedgrown rocks along Sandymount shore and, last but not least, on the
quiet church whence there streamed forth at times upon the stillness the
voice of prayer to her who is in her pure radiance a beacon ever to the
stormtossed heart of man, Mary, star of the sea. — James Joyce

The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it. — Antoni Tapies

And yes, all of a sudden she was scared. It was like a yellow thread weaving in and out of the bright red overblanket of her rage. — Stephen King

loyal people have a mom they think is a saint. — Duff McKagan

Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family. — Chris Brown

You will find beauty in every person and experience if beauty has been cultivated within. — Bryant McGill

Her own vague red trail created a livid atmosphere. She was like an avalanche and they were her nostalgia. — E.J. Koh

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow. — Sophocles