"Every living thing is, from the cosmic perspective, incredibly lucky simply to be alive. Most, 90 percent and more, of all the organisms that have ever lived have died without viable offspring, but not a single one of your ancestors, going back to the dawn of life on Earth, suffered that normal misfortune. You spring from an unbroken line of winners..."

-- Daniel Dennett

#Life Quotes #Spring Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“Insight occurs just because it is high time.”
“I donâ€™t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time.”
“In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops towards the sound of gunfire. I intend to march my troops towards the sound of gunfire.”

Source : Speech at Liberal Party Annual Assembly, 14 Sept. 1963, in Guardian 16 Sept. 1963
“What I know for sure is that whatever has happened to you has also happened for you.”
“Category after category, Barack Obama hasn't met the promises that he laid out to the American people.”

Source : "Interview with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 3, 2012.
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

Source : FaceBook post by Stephen King from Nov 26, 2013
“I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.”

Source : "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.
“Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it.”

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