“Sometimes, I would have preferred be deaf not to hear negative words and all kinds of insanities. Sometimes, I would have preferred… — Joko Ono Copy Share Image
“If realistic fiction is primarily metonymic, fantasy is inescapably metaphoric; because the presence of the impossible blocks a literal reading, we are… — Brian Attebery Copy Share Image
Stillness and action are relative, not absolute, principles. It is important to find a balance of yin and yang, not just in… — Ken Cohen Copy Share Image
Once a man has imagined the immensity of space, has contemplated evolution and the magnitude of its duration, and has walked through… — Franklin P Jones Copy Share Image
Once the reality sets in of a superhuman intelligence being in control of every aspect of the infrastructures we rely upon for… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
Great creators like Yves Saint Laurent or Jimmi Hendrix; they are people who are so smart and so sensitive. They have such… — Jalil Lespert Copy Share Image
Don't confuse simple, reasonable honesty with radical silliness. There is no reason to try to articulate blurry feelings or over-explain every detail.… — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There are television sets in every home, every restaurant, every hotel room, every shopping mall-now they’re even small enough to carry in… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“We fail to take responsibility, to act productively in the interest of ourselves and others. And in our attempts at a better… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Every time, it’s the same thing, I feel like crying, my throat goes all tight and I do the best I can… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
[This approach] displays the characteristic philosophical lust to vanquish the skeptic by arguing him out of his skepticism, without appeal to moral… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“What would happen if a man's face could adequately express his suffering, if his entire inner agony would be objectified in his… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we want to provide people with a unique experience, and an unexpected one as well. We'd like people to leave the… — Rania Attieh Copy Share Image
“There seems to be no limit to the lies that honest but stupid disciples will tell for the glory of their master… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
Living in the moment, without attaching yourself to regrets about yesterday or worries about tomorrow, goes a long way toward cutting through… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The whole of Hellas used once to carry arms, their habitations being unprotected and their communication with each other unsafe; indeed, to… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I dont want to feel like nothing anymore. Its my everyday life, and for those people say life is what you make… — Alyssa Herring Copy Share Image
“An intrinsic problem, similar to the one we discussed in connection with tradition in general, presents itself with the process of transmission… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason,… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“Here's the most startling irony I know in film history: Antonioni, who is often denigrated by left-wing critics as a formalist and… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
“High Roller: All I require from you is a slither of a moment. To have you not by force, but simply as… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
“Together, the chapters make the case that historically high imprisonment rates and the intensive policing and surveillance that have accompanied them are… — Alice Goffman Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, psychology has not adequately come to grips with the difficult subject of entertainment (or with its opposite, boredom). Despite a few… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
“If humanism were right in declaring that man is born to be happy, he would not be born to die. Since his… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way… — Geoff Nicholson Copy Share Image
“...I've learned that doing what you think is right doesn't always make you feel good. For another, I've learned that sometimes you… — Ann Rinaldi Copy Share Image
The asymmetry of time, the arrow that points from past to future, plays an unmistakable role in our everyday lives: it accounts… — Sean M. Carroll Copy Share Image
“We all accepted that this land was a gate to that other world, the realm of spirits and dreams and the Fair… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
“...tradition helps man discover his true conscience and dignity; it allows a man to awaken his metaphysical essence and to accomplish his… — Raido Copy Share Image
I wanted to feel hatred and love, despair and tedium, all those simple, yet foolish things that make up everyday life but… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The TV set, or Satanic family altar, has grown more elaborate since the early 50s, from the tiny, fuzzy screen to huge… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
For neo-conservatism is a quintessentially Jewish project: a re-sanctification in everyday life of the core values of western civilisation, and the achievement… — Melanie Phillips Copy Share Image
“ts very simple. In everyday life, we're given a choice. Do the right thing, do nothing, or do the wrong thing. All… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“If you want to reach the non-everyday, you’ll either have to move somewhere else or get into more “underground” things. But once… — Ryohgo Narita Copy Share Image
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Addiction begins in the interaction of these three lower bodies. Your mind builds images, stories and projections around the desires of the… — Richard Rudd Copy Share Image
“Perseverance in everyday life often looks different. It is softer, quieter, sometimes simply about showing up. It is getting out of bed… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image