"But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him."

-- Goldwin Smith

#Running Quotes #Hype Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.”
“Once it stops being fun, we won't be able to do it anymore. People are going to know that we're not having fun, and we're going to know that we're not having fun. So at that point, it just ends.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.”
“I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that will be distributed equally throughout the world.”
“There is an apprenticeship system in jazz. You teach the young ones. So even if the musicians weren't personally that likable, they felt an obligation to help the younger musicians.”
“Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate”

Source : Patricia Hill Collins (2002). “Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment”, p.257, Routledge
“This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know?”
“Because she is afraid of not being supported, she unknowingly pushes away the support she needs.”

Source : John Gray “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”

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