Tricks Quotes
1143 quotes by 883 authors
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I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a…
— John Masefield
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No matter how you look at it, all the emotions connected with love are not really immortal; like all other passions in life, they are…
— Harold Pinter
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Mathematics is a collection of cheap tricks and dirty jokes.
— Unknown Author
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Counting pairs is the oldest trick in combinatorics... Every time we count pairs, we learn something from it.
— Gil Kalai
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The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the…
— John Carmack
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Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others are…
— Edsger Dijkstra
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So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in…
— John Milton
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Ego's trick is to make us lose sight of our interdependence. That kind of ego-thought gives us a perfect justification to look out only for…
— Gelek Rimpoche
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A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.
— Dave Matthews
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Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.
— Jack Ma
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It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being…
— Jonathan Cainer
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Guests are people who come to your home to see you whine at the table, bark loudly, jump on women wearing pantyhose, and do other…
— Peg Kehret
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How confusing the beams from memory's lamp are; One day a bachelor, the next a grampa. What is the secret of the trick? How did…
— Ogden Nash
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Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning?…
— Ben Harper
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Dying is no big deal. The least of us will manage that. Living is the trick.
— Walter Smith
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Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you…
— Prince
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The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence…
— Angela Carter
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We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This…
— Desmond Morris
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When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it proved an intellectual trick,-no more. They eat your service like apples, and leave…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When in doubt, win the trick.
— Edmond Hoyle
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