The Postmortal Quotes & Sayings

For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done. — Nas

In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are in the procreation of children," Turing had advised. "Rather we are, in either case, instruments of His will providing mansions for the souls that He creates. — Alan Turing

If we adopt the manifest of all the religions, no one would survive. — M.F. Moonzajer

I have always emphasized the willingness to discard. — Daniel Kahneman

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me. — William Shakespeare

Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not. — Hans Bender

I'm one of those lucky guys making a living out of something I really enjoy doing. That's a blessing. But you never know. What if my subsequent book series flops? I don't come from a wealthy background, so I'd be left with no choice. I'd have to go back into banking! — Amish Tripathi

In the real life-process, willing, feeling, and thinking are only different aspects. — Wilhelm Dilthey

Everything that is exact is short. — Joseph Joubert

Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. — Jennifer James

Here's what Mike knew about kids: They did stupid stuff. Pretty much all of them. — Kaya McLaren

If you're going to write about something it becomes a damn sight more interesting than if you're not going to write about it, because you engage with it actively in a way that you wouldn't if you were just passing through or if you were going to St Helens to visit family or if it was a place that made you resentful because you'd always wanted to escape from there. — Jonathan Meades

We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives. — Suzanne Collins

I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am. — Ledisi

Somehow," she said coldly, "you have confused profitable and not profitable for right and wrong. I, however, have not. — Robin Hobb