Formulas Quotes

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Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The… — M. Scott Peck
May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your… — Thomas S. Monson
We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that… — Hillary Clinton
If two people loved, they slept together; it was a mathematical formula, tested and proved by human experience. — Graham Greene
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As… — Martin Buber
Her magic formula for dealing with children is ignoring all faults and accenting tiny virtues. She says, "Instead of telling Tommy day in and day… — Betty MacDonald
I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a… — Anne Frank
Every ant Â knows the Â formula of its ant-hill, every Â bee knows Â the formula Â of its Â beehive. They know it Â in their own way, not in… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
True alchemy lies in this formula: â€˜Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulseâ€™. — Arthur Rimbaud
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models… — Warren Buffett
My faith in the expertise of physicists like Richard Feynman, for instance, permits me to endorseâ€”and, if it comes to it, bet heavily on the… — Daniel Dennett
A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy. — Norman Vincent Peale
My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and… — M. Scott Peck
Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish,… — Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader… — Lois Duncan
The art of music is good, for the reason, among others, that it produces pleasure; but what proof is it possible to give that pleasure… — John Stuart Mill
There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C. when Saul and Delilah Korn's inadvertent discovery swept across Western civilization. (Before then couples hooked thumbs.)… — William Goldman
My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand… — Pat Conroy

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