"Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow"

-- James M. Barrie

#Past Quotes #May Quotes #Helping Quotes

“The success of Prozac says that today's high-tech capitalism values a very different temperament. Confidence, flexibility, quickness, and energy - the positive aspects of hyperthymia - are at a premium.”

Source : Peter D. Kramer (1994). “Listening to Prozac”, Sage
“Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.”
“It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.”
“We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.”

Source : Edward Sapir (1949). “Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays”, p.69, Univ of California Press
“The most successful social media experiments-whether spearheaded by one person, a group of individuals, a company, or an institution-invite you in, treat you as a friend, and make you feel at home. Look around, they say, and tell us how we can make things better; get to know us. Get involved and tell us what you think.”
“Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.”
“I like the saying the every setback is a setup for a comeback. Also, "Todos los tigres son iguales" which means all tigers are the same. A fellow reporter once told me that when I was on assignment in Haiti working around the clock.”
“When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.”

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