"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."

-- Carl Sagan

#Wisdom Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Brain Quotes

“My boyfriends going to college so I made him tattoo my name on his foot so I know he's mine”
“I don't need anyone. Because I can do every single thing that a person in a relationship can. Everything. Even zip up my own dress. You know, there are some things that are actually harder to do with two people. Such as monologues.”
“Humor is the pensiveness of wit.”
“America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago.”

Source : "Think Again: The End of Newspapers and the Decline of Democracy" by Eric Alterman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2012.
“I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be.”

Source : "Etta James: 'I was like a punker ... I'd spit in a minute' - a classic interview from the vaults" by Cliff White, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2012.
“I think seeing is about truly looking, observing, and taking things in with an open mind. It's easy to see things at face value but some of the most beautiful things are not apparent at first glance. The works that stick with me and that I find to be most beautiful are often not aesthetically inviting right off the bat. So I think having an open mind and allowing the lines to blur between art, music, fashion, food, what have you, all leads to cultivating a much more open and enjoyable aesthetic sensibility.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Open your heart and mind like the wings of a butterfly. See then how high you CAN fly.”
“I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship.”

Source : "Jeff Gordon to retire as full-time driver after 2015 season", January 22, 2015.

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