Reliquary Statue Quotes & Sayings

There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. — John Oliver

Animals are locked in a perpetual present. They can learn from recent events, but they are easily distracted by what is in front of their eyes. Slowly, over a great period of time, our ancestors overcame this basic animal weakness. By looking long enough at any object and refusing to be distracted - even for a few seconds - they could momentarily detach themselves from their immediate surroundings. In this way they could notice patterns, make generalizations, and think ahead. They had the mental distance to think and reflect, even on the smallest scale.
These early humans evolved the ability to detach and think as their primary advantage in the struggle to avoid predators and find food. It connected them to a reality other animals could not access. Thinking on this level was the single greatest turning point in all of evolution - the emergence of the conscious, reasoning mind. — Robert Greene

The difference is no less real because it is of degree. — Benjamin Cardozo

The triumph of vegetation is total. — Michel Houellebecq

If you're at all anxious, the city acts out your anxiety for you, leaving you feeling strangely peaceful. — Kim Gordon

As much as the constitutional argument matters to me, what really matters to me is this sort of moral question of can we order somebody to risk their lives about a military mission if we're not willing to debate, vote, and say that the military mission matters? — Tim Kaine

Playing the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive. — Eric Siblin