246 quotes found
“Im not attached to anything.Im attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty.I think that I will die with the boots on.”
“If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.”
“I counted the living and gathered them within me and the light that broke through embraced all the life that I had within me...”
“My childhood dream came true, but now I have a new one. I dream that some of these young people, while they're out there clicking around, maybe they'll find out about this book and find a way to ge...”
“I think he was trying to tell us that life is not about achieving one great thing, because once that thing is over, life keeps going. What motivates you then? The important thing is having a passio...”
“The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get to wake up every day and do it.”
“The cycle of birth, life and death is all part of nature but we can choose to live through the cycle with a hand on the Wheel of Destiny.”
“Lust, desire and passion. They can turn a wallflower into a sexual predator and a rational person into a raving lunatic.”
“The realization of such a thing cannot possibly be as beautiful as its imagining, of course.”
“Due to the various pragmatic obstacles, it is rare for a mission-critical analysis to be done in the fully Bayesian manner, i.e., without the use of tried-and-true frequentist tools at the various ...”
“The windowpane was freezing, but I was pressing myself against it anyway, like one of those dazzled little kids at the aquarium, the ones that look like they want to melt through the glass, like th...”
“Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to become truly emancipated, to build a better world.”
“What has been done is littlescarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ign...”
“I do not know your woes, Humans, but I do know that they are abundant. Believe in each other, and stand together, and you will conquer them all.”
“Part of knowing how to be prepared comes from being self-awarebeing able to anticipate what youll need (or screw up) and planning accordingly. I know I am rarely, if ever, the smartest person in th...”
“I have learned a lot about myself over the years, mostly because I was open to hearing feedback. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I usually dislike someone before I like them. Im sensitiveespeciall...”
“What you realize is that everyone has her own prioritiesher own constituency. Often, being a leader is not about making grand proclamations or telling people what to do; its about balancing all the...”
“You should always be prepared to defend your choices, whether just to yourself (sometimes this is the hardest) or to your coworkers, your friends, or your family. The quickest way for people to los...”
“Words are potential weapons so use them wisely.”
“Have you ever heard a five-year-old recite the Pledge of Allegiance, Arthur? It's creepy as hell. Their enunciation is perfect, but they have no idea what kind of promise they're making, of what's ...”
