Ultra Conventional Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

However un-Christian this may sound, I am not even predisposed against myself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Riding a bull must be a bit like flying an ultralight. You get up there and have an exhilarating ride, but then you still have to get down. — Susan Spence

Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If the hermit acts inspired by bad motivation, he'll harm only himself. But if a politician, who can directly influence an entire society, acts with bad motivation, a large number of people will experience the negative consequences. — Dalai Lama XIV

The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy. — Lance Armstrong

That's when I gave up pinball. When the times comes, everybody gives up pinball. Nothing more to it. — Haruki Murakami

I'm not one of those academics that don't do shit but reads about it. The difference is, I do shit. I have a proof of concept and it works. — Ron Finley

To some degree, all civilized people are out of touch with reality because we fail to distinguish between the way things are and the way they are described. For politicians this dichotomy has reached extreme proportions, but it affects everyone. We confuse money, which is an abstraction, with real wealth; we confuse the idea of who we are with the actual experience of our organic existence. During — Alan W. Watts

Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were just getting going in a 10K and are physically and mentally primed to go further. A half marathon is a good test of your endurance, without the physical punishment of going the full 26.2 miles. More so even than the 10K, it will teach you about patience, pacing, and how to negotiate a wider range of physical and emotional cycles. — Grete Waitz

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. — Jim Lovell

As for the coldness, I have never seen it like this. I mean, coldness that makes like it wants to kill you, like it's telling you, with its snow, that you should go back to where you came from. — NoViolet Bulawayo