"We hunger for significance, for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, weâ€™re all too eager to deceive ourselves and others, to discern a sacred image in a grilled cheese sandwich or find a divine warning in a comet"

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Special Quotes #Sandwiches Quotes #Warning Quotes

“The most powerful purpose statements are crystal clear and single-minded in their focus.”
“People in the gay community are real people too. They have lives and families and friends. They do normal things.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
“You've been put on the world to love the act of being alive.”
“The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do.”
“Donâ€™t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.”
“Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer's day, and some say, to the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God.”
“No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.”
“Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.”

Source : Henry Drummond (2013). “Addresses”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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