"A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future."

-- Albert Camus

#Men Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“If we betake ourselves to the statistical method, we do so confessing that we are unable to follow the details of each individual case, and expecting that the effects of widespread causes, though very different in each individual, will produce an average result on the whole nation, from a study of which we may estimate the character and propensities of an imaginary being called the Mean Man.”
“Prominent Democratic strategists are growing increasingly nervous that the national political environment is not only bad for their side but moving in the wrong direction in the final days before the election, a trend that not only could cost their party control of the Senate but also result in double-digit House losses.”

Source : "As Vote Looms, Dems' Challenges Grow" by Chris Cillizza, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 03, 2014.
“Those who delight in bad movies and enjoy producing their own unfilmed versions of Mystery Science Theater 3000 may gain a measure of semi-masochistic enjoyment out of Van Helsing . There are quite a few unintentionally funny moments, although the overall experience was too intensely painful for me to be able to advocate it as being "so bad, it's good.”

Source : Review of "Van Helsing", reelviews.net, 2004.
“One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.”

Source : "Bernie Taupin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2, 2012.
“Holy War is a contradiction of terms...”
“For instance, the blood of hibernating arctic squirrels may supercool to minus 3 degrees, when it would normally congeal. The supercooled blood still flows, since it remains a liquid, but the slightest disturbance will cause it to freeze, killing the squirrel; therefore, you should not disturb hibernating arctic squirrels.”

Source : João Magueijo (2004). “Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation”, Penguin Group USA
“What goes down usually goes back up, if you're willing to be patient and don't hit the panic button.”

Source : Mark Mobius (2012). “The Little Book of Emerging Markets: How To Make Money in the World's Fastest Growing Markets”, p.102, John Wiley & Sons
“...this moment... is the only physical reality you have.”

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