Spend Extravagantly Crossword Quotes & Sayings

The ancient intuition that all matter, all "reality," is energy, that all phenomena, including time and space, are mere crystallizations of mind, is an idea with which few physicists have quarreled since the theory of relativity first called into question the separate identities of energy and matter. Today most scientists would agree with the ancient Hindus that nothing exists or is destroyed, things merely change shape or form; that matter is insubstantial in origin, a temporary aggregate of he pervasive energy that animates the electron. — Peter Matthiessen

[D]umb evolutionary processes have dramatically amplified the intelligence in the human lineage even compared with our close relatives the great apes and our own humanoid ancestors; and there is no reason to suppose Homo sapiens to have reached the apex of cognitive effectiveness attainable in a biological system. — Nick Bostrom

The ideal of the military hero is clearly echoed in other contexts, and it includes those who routinely risk their health and lives in the line of duty, such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. — Philip G. Zimbardo

Jeff [the werewolf] cocked his head and stared at me like I had just turned into a were-rabbit. Admittedly, this was a tremendous improvement over wanting to tear me limb from limb. Well, shave my ass and call me a poodle. How the hell did you manage that? — Jim C. Hines

[Our physical illnesses] serve us for medicines to purge us from worldly affections and retrench what is superfluous in us, and since they are to us the messengers of death, we ought to learn to have one foot raised to take our departure when it shall please God. — John Calvin

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of. — Ken Robinson

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned. — Alfred Hitchcock

According to Dieter Hellfeld, a member of the Swedish Academy — Roberto Bolano

God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters. — Regis Debray

I think there should be a constitutional amendment making it impossible for anyone to be president who believes in an afterlife. — Gore Vidal

Rumor's the slut you bend over a chair and never see again. Truth's the lady you wed. — Jeff Salyards

The relationship between a perfect cup of coffee and a writer is just like the couple who always standby and feel proud of being committed to each other. — Himmilicious

So much must I live for others, that almost I am a stranger to myself. — Pope Innocent III

I was a big comic book fan from 13 on. — Stephen Root