I pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure, can’t-make-it failure.
BEATRICE SPARKSI pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure, can’t-make-it failure.
BEATRICE SPARKSPseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
VERNON HOWARDThat ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
BARBARA CORCORANYour life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
CHARLIE MUNGERLook beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.
JULIA ROBERTSSupport bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have.
STEVEN WRIGHTIndeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.
HANS SELYEIt fills me with joy to know that we can pursue these answers. It is an astonishing thing that we are — you and I are one of the ways the universe knows itself.
BILL NYEYour hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
ROY T. BENNETTThe worst goodbye is the one you never thought you’d have to say.
DAVID JONESWhen I feel that something I’m writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren’t good are completely manageable. If it’s not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn’t be happy about it
AARON SORKINThe fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
RAMAKRISHNATo remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.
MICHAEL SCOTTThe more progress physical sciences make, the more they tend to enter the domain of mathematics, which is a kind of centre to which they all converge.
ADOLPHE QUETELETNever waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERYou don’t have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich – just a bit better than average over a long period of time.
CHARLIE MUNGER