Truisms List Quotes & Sayings

One should not believe too easily in a life which can easily vanish. — James Salter

I am naive. I make mistakes - But I don't give a rat's arse how I am perceived! — Shirley Manson

The soul's rainbow rises from the heart's storms. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Usability is not everything. If usability engineers designed a nightclub, it would be clean, quiet, brightly lit, with lots of places to sit down, plenty of bartenders, menus written in 18-point sans-serif, and easy-to-find bathrooms. But nobody would be there. They would all be down the street at Coyote Ugly pouring beer on each other. — Joel Spolsky

We not only learn, but we also learn to gradually change our conceptual framework and to adapt it to what we learn. — Carlo Rovelli

I would like to evoke the sense of wonder and magic in the reader but without invoking the mystical, the supernatural or the transcendent. — Edward Abbey

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason. — Michael Schwab

And suddenly a shaft of blinding silver-white light three feet long sprang from the broken hilt of Fidelacchius and shone in the first golden light of that day's dawn, humming with the full power of the Sword, only louder now, more melodic, and physically audible. — Jim Butcher

Faith is the cure that heals all troubles. Without faith there is no hope and no love. Faith comes before hope, and before love. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaidi bani Tihama) — Paul Torday

I know size can be daunting but don't be afraid. — Robin Williams

So Houston got understandably nervous when we got whacked with 175 kph winds. We all got in our flight space suits and huddled in the middle of the Hab, just in case it lost pressure. But the Hab wasn't the problem. The MAV is a spaceship. It has a lot of delicate parts. It can put up with storms to a certain extent, but it can't just get sandblasted forever. After an hour and a half of sustained wind, NASA gave the order to abort. Nobody wanted to stop a monthlong mission after only six days, but if the MAV took any more punishment, we'd all have gotten stranded down there. — Andy Weir