Van Alen Institute Quotes & Sayings

I'm surprised." My eyes find hers as I cock an eyebrow.
"Why?"
"You loved science."
"I loved you more. — Kristen Proby

The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles. — Lou Reed

For me, one of the biggest thrills is going to a theater and going, "Oh, I got a laugh!" Because you never quite get to hear it [otherwise]. — Jeremy Irvine

Willfulness, such as yours, is exactly what a girl needs to raise herself up to do something useful with her life. — Cathy Marie Buchanan

What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it. — C.S. Lewis

I draw back,gently step out of his hands that gripped my shoulders and were just edging their way to either side of my throat — Lauren DeStefano

I guess pretty much everything in life is about the perception of the observer. That maybe time just moves the quickest at the end. — Jasmine Warga

The Secret's message is to empower people. Its message releases people from feeling like victims and gives them the knowledge to intentionally create their lives the way they want. — Rhonda Byrne

Desires are done by the 'Pudgal' (non-self mind-body-complex), so how can they be suppressed? If You (the Self) are the one doing the desiring, then why don't you stop it? But that doesn't happen therefore, desire is a matter pertaining to the Pudgal (non-self mind-body-complex). — Dada Bhagwan

I do think that an understanding of contemporary work in the cognitive sciences has a profound effect on how one views the workings of the mind. It doesn't work the way we pretheoretically think it does. Such an understanding, of course, should have a large effect on one's views in philosophy of mind, but also in epistemology. — Hilary Kornblith

This is so much harder than I ever thought it would be ... because the thing is, even if you're just working part-time, your boss is going to expect a full week's worth of work, no matter how understanding she is. That's just the nature of the working world-things have to get done, babies or not. And if you're like me-if you're like any woman who ever did well in school and did well at her job-you don't want to disappoint a boss. And you want to do a good job raising your baby ... It's not like you think it's going to be — Jennifer Weiner

The Ramones went through a couple different line-up changes, and Johnny and Joey held through the whole thing. So right now I'm the only one hanging in there. — Jerry Only

The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace. — Pope John Paul II

It's later than it's ever been. — Flip Wilson

Music is happiness with a steady pulse. — Richelle E. Goodrich