Weintrob Fats Quotes & Sayings

We can distinguish three groups of scientific men. In the first and very small group we have the men who discover fundamental relations. Among these are van't Hoff, Arrhenius and Nernst. In the second group we have the men who do not make the great discovery but who see the importance and bearing of it, and who preach the gospel to the heathen. Ostwald stands absolutely at the head of this group. The last group contains the rest of us, the men who have to have things explained to us. — Wilder Dwight Bancroft

Pathological dissociation is characterized by profound, functional amnesias and significant alterations in identity; normal dissociation is expressed primarily in the form of intense absorption with internal stimuli (e.g., daydreams) or external stimuli (e.g., a fascinating book or television program). — Frank W. Putnam

When women criticized men, I called it 'insight' ... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.' — Warren Farrell

I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Don't underestimate him just because he's a fool, — Seanan McGuire

Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation. — Russ Carnahan

Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody. — Phyllis McGinley

The writer is [ ... ] the work's way of getting itself written — Donald Barthelme

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Marriage is like a vacuum cleaner. You stick it to your ear and it sucks out all your energy and ambition. — Marlo Thomas

I've always felt that there's a very thin membrane between madness and alcoholism, and/or destitution and being an OK American guy in a comfortable heated apartment with meatballs and a decent Sauvignon Blanc in the fridge. — August Kleinzahler

Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse! — John Wayne

As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him. — Evelyn Waugh