"To a normal person, $10 million will seem like enough. But anyone who thinks that's enough is not the type that can acquire that much in the first place."

-- James K. Glassman

#Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Normal Quotes

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”
“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”
“I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know. (Nero Wolfe)”
“We should look at the Twitter records of Andrew Fraser. Clearly, the ship was on remote control, because he spent all of his time on Twitter. He used to Twitter in the chamber. He used to Twitter at night. He used to Twitter probably in bed at home, but I am not going to go any further there.”
“It's hard to know at any stage whether a show is going to work or not. Every few years, a different trend comes along.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429”
“I am somewhat uncertain whether there is a definite factual question as to whether natural language handles truth-value gaps ... Nor am I even quite sure that there is a definite question of fact as to whether natural language should be evaluated by the minimal fixed point or another, given the choice of a scheme for handling gaps. We are not at the moment searching for the correct scheme.”

Source : "Philosophical Troubles: Collected Papers". Book by Saul Kripke, 2011.
“Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.”

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