"We're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing most of what's going on."

-- David Eagleman

#Home Quotes #Reality Quotes #Perception Quotes

“The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness.”
“I built a jail in my closet and I would incarcerate my family from time to time.”
“Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.”
“It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.”
“As well expect Nature to answer your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair.”
“I think people should be able to do what they want to do.”
“I told my kids I just want three words on my tombstone, if I have one. I'll probably be cremated. One is "woman." I'm very comfortable in that role. I've loved being a woman, I've loved being a mother, I've loved being a grandmother. I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.”
“I'm man enough to know when to scream.”

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