"The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare."

-- Elyn Saks

#Mind Quotes #Splits Quotes #Waking Quotes

“The customer is never wrong.”

Source : In R. Nevill and C. E. Jerningham 'Piccadilly to Pall Mall' (1908) p. 94
“Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly.”

Source : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs”, p.7, The Floating Press
“I don't believe you can buy style. Money won't make you look good.”

Source : Interview with Leo Moynihan, uk.askmen.com. April 8, 2012.
“Imagination can't create anything new, can it? It only recycles bits and pieces from the world and reassembles them into visions... So when we thing we've escaped the unbearable ordinariness and, well, untruthfulness of our lives, it's really only the same old ordinariness and falseness rearranged into the appearance of novelty and truth. Nothing unknown is knowable. Don't you think it's depressing?”
“But my later experience has taught me two lessons: first, that things are seen plainer after the events have occurred; second, that the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.”

Source : Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.60, Cosimo, Inc.
“I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this Earth to give us a breathing spell ... as we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God's true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.”
“The word 'archive' seems so reassuring, but I have a lot ofconcern over the longevity of documentary materials.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.”

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