As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
I don't want to give the impression that I hold daily conversations with my household appliances, although my toaster is as old… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
To have never done anything but make the eighteenth part of a pin, is a sorry account for a human being to… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea! [Reputed to have been… — Fritz Zwicky Copy Share Image
For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
Well I can understand why men want it to be legal. Obviously they're all hoping they might get to marry me someday.… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Trump hasn't really done anything yet to abuse his powers. I don't even know if he knows what all his powers are… — John Dean Copy Share Image
Some people when they have taken too much and have been driven beyond the point of endurance, simply crumble and give up.… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
My point to you is, there is no such thing as a flop that takes the field for our football team. Just… — Les Miles Copy Share Image
In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration,… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The only barrier that's blocking us from living an abundant life is our unwillingness to share what we have” — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D Copy Share Image
Give lab rats oxytocin and, according to that meme, they get better at talking about their feelings and sing like Joan Baez. — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I don't regret or wouldn't change anything I've done financially from the charity giving. The impact that happened there is pretty cool. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
Giving my contribution to protect and respect the environment, as well as its inhabitants, makes me feel happy. — Bianca Balti Copy Share Image
Do not doubt your abilities. Do not delay your worthy impressions. With God's help, you cannot fail. He will give you the… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective. — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you. — John W. Campbell Copy Share Image
When youve worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Humility is to joyfully, voluntarily and quietly submit one's whole life to God's will, to finally use the gift of agency to… — Virginia H. Pearce Copy Share Image
My diary has its own kind of magic. It gives me the feeling of having accomplished something. On days when I don't… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To truly love someone, you must first learn to love yourself. For it is said, you cannot give love if you haven't… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Some men mistake generosity for charity: these flatter themselves that they are giving gratuitously, whilst they are merely rewarding secret services offered… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
We're not going to end the Medicaid. We're going to give the governors more control and leeway to bring innovative reforms to… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I used to think that it was better to have too much than too little, but now I think if the too… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Pope Francis also I think was really pivotal in sort of sanctioning and giving that important cosign to the opening of Cuba. — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving! — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world. — Oscar Hammerstein II Copy Share Image
It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image