"We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist."

-- James Gleick

#Thinking Quotes #Flow Quotes #Metaphor Quotes

“There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest.”

Source : Robert William Service, “The Men That Don't Fit In”
“I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.”
“Liberty, then, is the sovereignty of the individual, and never shall man know liberty until each and every individual is acknowledged to be the only legitimate sovereign of his or her person, time, and property, each living and acting at his own cost; and not until we live in a society where each can exercise his right of sovereignty at all times without clashing with or violating that of others.”

Source : "Equitable commerce: a new development of principles as substitutes for laws and governments, for the harmonious adjustment and regulation of the pecuniary, intellectual, and moral intercourse of mankind, proposed as elements of new society".
“There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital that we continue to research and educate ourselves in the hopes that we may begin to understand the challenges that these children and their families continue to face with each passing day.”
“What is your position at the company? Right back.”
“Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.”
“I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool.”
“I don't care who the president is - it isn't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.”

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