Tribbett Quotes & Sayings

Fifty?" Harry gasped.
"Fifty points each," said Professor McGonagall, breathing heavily.
"Professor - please - "
"You can't - "
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Potter. I've never been more ashamed of Gryffindor students. — J.K. Rowling

Girls don't want guys that are good enough for them ... They want guys that know what they want. — Chelsea Fine

If you want to be a good intuitive Bayesian - if you want to naturally make good predictions, without having to think about what kind of prediction rule is appropriate - you need to protect your priors. Counterintuitively, that might mean turning off the news. — Brian Christian

Buddhist teachings discourage us from clinging and grasping to those we hold dear, and from trying to control the people or the relationship. What's more, we're encouraged to accept the impermanence of all things: the flower that blooms today will be gone tomorrow, the objects we possess will break or fade or lose their utility, our relationships will change, life will end. — Sharon Salzberg

But there's also a strong emotional core to counterbalance the experimentalism, with some incredibly moving passages around the narrator's relationship with her (also female) German teacher. It's beautiful. — Deborah Smith

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. — Leon Trotsky

The great spider never worries itself chasing after its prey with all of its energy and strength. It only exerts its energy each morning to build its web in a magnificent way; relaxes in it and awaits its prey that will miss its path into the web — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I'm not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, 'All right! Get out of the room.' — Adam Sandler

To increase the value of your day, add some love and gratitude to your coffee and some kindness to your dinner. — Debasish Mridha

(Parentheses speak
More than we dare say out loud
Why, oh, why is that?) — Megan McCafferty

sunt lacrimae rerum, "There are tears in things. — Daniel Mendelsohn

I don't eat sugary cereal. — Sanjaya Malakar

Your attitude will ultimately determine and define your altitude of life — Debasish Mridha

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money. — Mason Cooley