"We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness."

-- Daniel Gilbert

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.”
“Everyone would like to have stronger faith. By themselves, the scriptures may not strengthen your faith, but being faithful to what they teach, does. In other words, faith cannot be separated from faithfulness.”
“You go back and tell Brigham Young that I'll give up the Lord's money when he sends me a receipt signed by the Lord, and no sooner.”
“Now we see evolutionary trends in a variety of areas ranging from atomic and molecular physics through fluid mechanics, chemistry and biology to large scale systems of relevance in environmental and economic sciences”

Source : Ilya Prigogine (2003). “Is Future Given?”, p.22, World Scientific
“Once the anchor of reason has been cut, ones craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or equally a Hitler.”

Source : Brand Blanshard (2014). “Reason and Analysis”, p.47, Routledge
“There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.”
“It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.”
“Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat? Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat. Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no, no--what you've been is not on boats.”

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