"Iâ€™m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself."

-- Steven Millhauser

#Strikes Quotes

“When Byron's eyes were shut in death, We bow'd our head and held our breath. He taught us little; but our soul Had felt his like a thunder roll. . . . We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which serv'd for that Titanic life.”
“We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy.”
“In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works.”
“A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In so far as any man strives to attain, by rational inquiry, a consistent and comprehensive view of life and reality, he is a metaphysician.”

Source : Joseph Alexander Leighton (1922). “Man and the Cosmos - An introduction to Metaphysics.”
“You can touch everything and be connected to nothing.”
“Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.”
“Entrepreneurship is the freedom to do what you want, when you want, how you want.”

Source : Source: theimarketingcafe.com
“It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same old broad.”

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