"You find out what you think by talking to yourself."

-- Robert Harris

#Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes #Talking To Yourself Quotes

“A man who wants to die feels angry and full of life and desperate and bored and exhausted, all at the same time; he wants to fight everyone, and he wants to curl up in a ball and hide in a cupboard somewhere. He wants to say sorry to everyone, and he wants everyone to know just how badly they've all let him down.”
“Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of Plato was sunk ... The sea would necessarily rush in from all quarters, and form what is now called the Atlantic ocean.”
“The existence of a prime mover- nothing can move itself; there must be a first mover. The first mover is called God.”
“Year's end, all corners of this floating world, swept.”
“I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].”
“The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.”

Source : Thomas Keneally (2013). “Schindler's List”, p.177, Simon and Schuster
“Affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue,--I mean good-nature,--are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind and staff of life.”

Source : John Dryden (1868). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation”, p.185
“I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you're in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.”

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