Walter C Langer Quotes & Sayings

We humans give ourselves such airs, even aggrandizing our poky little 'sins' to the level of cosmic significance! — Richard Dawkins

I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness. — Alessandro Baricco

Do not speak before your master, whose wit is greater than yours. And — J.R.R. Tolkien

Nothing cuts a neural route faster through the brain then a pinch of pain. Periods of unhappiness penetrate and scar the brain. Experiencing intense periods of unpleasantness incites us to grow. If we can bunt the destructive forces of extreme pain and embrace its forceful impact for its educational value, experiencing profound pain causes us to appreciate the pleasure of simply living in the moment, enjoying each blade of grass in nature's glorious bouts of beauty. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The test! It was as if they believed the test was an infallible superbeing that had descended to earth on a great space ark surrounded by thunderbolts of perfection. — Gordon Korman

I have two daughters, and they grew up and wanted to get into Instagram, and I didn't know anything about social media. I started it to learn about what they were starting to do and how they communicate with their friends. I opened an account. Very fast, in a few hours, I realized that I actually liked it. — Emmanuel Lubezki

On stage is the only place where I really know what I'm doing. — John Belushi

To me, video games aren't something as necessary as food or sleep, but they're just as important as delicious food, drinks, afternoon naps, walks, music, and sex (or masturbation). Not having them won't kill you, but without them, your life would be so boring you might as well be dead. — Hidetaka Suehiro

Do you only speak in questions?"
"Do you only speak in SAT words? — Megan Erickson

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that's what I admire most. — Mariska Hargitay

If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer. — Colin Wilson

Western art has a certain relationship to nature. — Brice Marden

Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated. — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

It is not possible to be intimate with more than very few, because there are only very few in the world with whom we have practically everything in common. — Thomas Merton

Jasper Jones fell out of this world and nobody noticed ... And they'll notice now because something has been burned. Now they'll look for Jasper Jones. — Craig Silvey