Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share… — Jim Holt Copy Share Image
You don't think much of the individual, because you don't think you've hit him and you hope that he will bail out… — Peter Malam Brothers Copy Share Image
...Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death. This is not a wish or… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot… — Lawrence Kushner Copy Share Image
Absolute brain size does not tell you everything or possibly sometimes even much. Elephants and whales both have brains larger than ours,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
They call war an art, but it isn't. It largely consists in outwitting people, robbing widows and orphans, and inflicting suffering on… — Kenneth Roberts Copy Share Image
One must give up the fantasy of a perspicacious gunslinger/investor outwitting the market. — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
Whether you are in the West, the East, the North, or the South, we should all feel pressured to attempt more, find… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
That was how it was, sometimes. You put yourself in front of the thing and waited for whatever was going to happen… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in… — Lucy Freeman Copy Share Image