"If we were sensible we would seek death--the same blissful blank which we enjoyed before we existed."

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Source : "Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy" edited by S. T. Joshi, (p. 71), 2006.

H. P. Lovecraft

#Blank Quotes #Sensible Quotes

“The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted.”
“If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.”
“I don't know where genre really comes from. I grew up with parents who were artists, and I was always interested in what music they were listening to and open to all kinds of genres. So it's nice to see that whole families come to my concerts. I like having an element in my music that is inclusive rather than exclusive, without being pop for the sake of it. It's not important to me how many people listen to it - it's more wonderful that it brings people who wouldn't usually meet into the same room.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“All scientists agree that evolution has occurred-that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new taxa, new biological groups, have arisen. The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution? Is it the driver of evolution?”
“It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you'll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you - consciously or unconsciously.”
“Go away,â€ he said. â€œDo you know youâ€™ve almost no clothes on?â€ â€œNever mind. I needâ€”â€ â€œNever mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can â€˜never mind.â€™ A nearly naked woman isnâ€™t one of them.”
“One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views, fairy tales, instead of the customary pair theory/observation. This impression would certainly be mistaken. My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is rather to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.”

Source : Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.23, Verso
“You'll have many, many friends, but if your relationship with your mate is one hundred per cent of your heart, you'll never need a friend.”

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