"Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history."

-- Jared Diamond

#Optimistic Quotes #Writing Quotes #Past Quotes

“The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.”
“Telling it like it is means telling it like it was and how it is now that it isn't what it was to the is now people.”

Source : Jill Johnston (1971). “Marmalade Me”
“The hard part is what separates good from great.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 23, 2013
“We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.”
“"You two would make a cute couple," she says as she passes by with a full dough tray in her arms. I don't know why she says it. We aren't doing anything but folding boxes with the other drivers and telling dirty jokes.But we would.We would make a cute couple.”
“Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.”
“The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the fact that my career was ruined, other peoples' careers were ruined. They focus on him as the victim.”

Source : Source: www.vanityfair.com
“I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.”

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