Quotes
Authors
Otto Weininger

"With ordinary men the moments which are united in a close continuity out of the original discrete multiplicity are very few, and the course of their lives resembles a little brook, whereas with the genius it is more like a mighty river into which all the little rivulets flow from afar; that is to say, the universal comprehension of genius vibrates to no experience in which all the individual moments have not been gathered up and stored."

-- Otto Weininger

#Men Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Genius Quotes

“My wife wanted to call our daughter Sue, but I felt that in our family that is usually a verb.”
“The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come.”
“I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and singing, emceeing, and I got a break with a very big star of the late fifties whose name was Tommy Sands.”

Source : Interview with Derrick Bostrom, derrickbostrom.net. October 6, 2006.
“Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.”
“Without the church it's like having a boat without the rudder. You think you can do it on your own and this may sound pedestrian or trite but I'll equate it to this: all my life I've been involved with exercise but no matter how much - and I know a great deal about the body - you need help. You need a trainer. You need to go to a gym and you need to have the expertise and the guidance of someone else. You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and what the church is. The church is the gym of the soul.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.”
“I find waiting unbearable because it makes me passive and negates me. I hate being nothing.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1991). “Hannibal Lecter, my father”, Semiotext
“Thoughts are things...treat them accordingly.”

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