Trungtammucvudcct Quotes & Sayings

The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation of external causes, but only the inward tendencies are called into action and clothed with strength. — George Ripley

Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy. — Sherry Turkle

In 1903 the scientists found out that the brontosaurus was a fake! They realized that the brontosaurus was really an apatosaurus with the wrong head. However, although the scientists realized their mistake, most people didn't know about their new discovery. Many people thought that the brontosaurus still existed because museums kept using the name on their labels - and because the brontosaurus was really, really popular! So even though the scientists discovered their error, most of us didn't know. — Ben Lerner

If you believe that there's a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell - or not getting eternal life or whatever - and you think that, well, it's not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward ... How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that? — Penn Jillette

Your level of intelligence is only as valuable as your ability to communicate it to someone else. — Richard Schultz

People work much in order to secure the future; I gave my mind much work and trouble, trying to secure the past. — Isak Dinesen

I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety. — Robert Harris

We're not done yet, but two things WordPress has been able to exemplify is that open source can create great user experiences and that it's possible to have a successful commercial entity and a wider free software community living and working in harmony. — Matt Mullenweg

I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly. — Colleen Atwood

MINDS ARE UNIQUE. They go wrong in unique ways. My mind went wrong in a slightly different way to how other minds go wrong. Our experience overlaps with other people's, but it is never exactly the same experience. — Matt Haig