Quotes
Authors
Daniel O'Sullivan
"The superabundance is an ecological myth that we will never run out of resources, that the Earth, that Gaia, is in this perpetual state of renewal. And the "contagious magic" is the blind belief that this is the case, and the reason we're careering towards ecological disaster." --
Source : "A Flow Of Playfulness: An Interview With Laniakea". Interview with Russell Cuzner, thequietus.com. September 14, 2016.
Daniel O'Sullivan
#Running Quotes
#Blind Belief Quotes
#Magic Quotes
“Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.”
“I don't like scary movies (laughs).”
Source : "PBC fighters share spooktacular Halloween memories". PBC interview, www.premierboxingchampions.com. October 30, 2015.
“You don't have the same experiences as all of your friends, hopefully. Instead, you meet people and something clicks.”
“Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of graft and slime It don't prohibit worth a dime It's filled our land with vice and crime, Nevertheless, we're for it.”
“There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life.”
Source : Charles Buck (1807). “A Theological Dictionary”, p.238
“When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness”
“People might gain insight the longer they live, but things never get easy. There will always be challenges and miscommunications and the temptation to eat greasy, bowel clogging fried food, and take others for granted. The secret is to keep moving and try to see people yo love for what they are: flawed, beautiful and as confused as you.”
Source : "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.
“The gambling reasoner is incorrigible; if he would but take to the squaring of the circle, what a load of misery would be saved.”