"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."

-- Mary Wortley Montagu

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Prudent Quotes

“I intend to make Georgia howl.”
“My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had.”
“I would instill in my team an attitude of role modeling. We run to teach other people the value of physical activity. In all things, be humble and appreciative; hurt no one; help anyone you can.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“The first proponent of cortical memory networks on a major scale was neither a neuroscientist nor a computer scientist but .. a Viennes economist: Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992). A man of exceptionally broad knowledge and profound insight into the operation of complex systems, Hayek applied such insight with remarkable success to economics (Nobel Prize, 1974), sociology, political science, jurisprudence, evolutionary theory, psychology, and brain science (Hayek, 1952).”

Source : "Memory in the Cerebral Cortex: An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate". Book by Joaquin M. Fuster, 1995.
“Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.”
“I swear to you, Patch, to take your love and cherish it. And in return, to give you my body and my heartâ€”everything I possess, I give to you. I am yours. Wholly and completely. Love me. Protect me. Fulfill me. And I promise to do the same.â€ ~ Nora + Patch”
“Movement always helps. A world of thoughts occurred to her whenever she rode a train, and a lesser world whenever she went for a walk.”
“Bad boyfriends don't disguise themselves; their girlfriends do it for them.”

Source : Laurie Notaro (2003). “Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood”, p.15, Villard

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