Temporally Related Quotes & Sayings

When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows. — Ogwo David Emenike

By understanding evolution as the expression of universal intelligence, now becoming conscious of itself within us, and as us, we overcome the dichotomy between current evolutionists who see no design in evolution, and creationists who often propose and anthropomorphic God as creator. — Barbara Marx Hubbard

It was no joy waking up after a dream about that man. He left a taste of thunder in my mouth. — Chaim Potok

Imagination can create lies that duals truths. — Lionel Suggs

Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm. — Rick Riordan

You said you thought you made me weaker and that's just not true. You make me stronger. You appreciate what I have and I want to be a better person for your. — Kimberly Lauren

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you. — Michel De Montaigne

The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that had happened to themselves. A litany of personal humiliation, outrage, and anger turned sicklelike back to themselves as humor. They laughed then, uproariously, about the speed with which they had run, the pose they had assumed, the ruse they had invented to escape or decrease some threat to their manliness, their humanness. All but Empire State, who stood, broom in hand and drop-lipped, with the expression of a very intelligent ten-year-old. — Toni Morrison

Trolls may be destructive and callous; they may represent privilege gone berserk; they may be a significant reason why we can't have nice things online. But the uncomfortable fact is that trolls replicate behaviors and attitudes that in other contexts are actively celebrated ("This is how the West was won!") or simply taken as a given ("Boys will be boys"). Trolls certainly amplify the ugly side of mainstream behavior, but they aren't pulling their materials, chosen targets, or impulses from the ether. They are born of and fueled by the mainstream world - its behavioral mores, its corporate institutions, its political structures and leaders - however much the mainstream might rankle at the suggestion. — Whitney Phillips

I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care. — Jack Nicklaus

The bedroom door flew open, and their mom came in like Mr. Rochester's wife, in a long, torn, white nightgown. — Rainbow Rowell

Harry understood that those left behind - the failures and the deformed, the suffering and the dead - are not just equal in soul, but that they are we and we are they. Struggle as we may for distinction, soon enough we fail, and, without exception, follow. — Mark Helprin

Just because I know what women like talking about, doesn't mean I can actually carry on a conversation with a woman. — Norm Bass

If something isn't working, don't try harder or do more. Do something DIFFERENT. — Ramit Sethi