#Information Quotes #Changed Quotes #Consumers Quotes
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”
Source : Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “The Marble Faun”, p.191, Booklassic
“Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one pattern to another: a potential translation in which narrative becomes parable and the once upon a time comes to stand for some renascent truth. This approach applies to all the incidents of everyday life: the phrase in the newspaper, the endearing or infuriating game of a toddler, the misunderstanding at the office. Our species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.”
“But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that”
“Pressure, no doubt, has always been a most important factor in the metamorphism of rocks; but there is, I think, at present some danger in over-estimating this, and representing a partial statement of truth as the whole truth. Geology, like many human beings, suffered from convulsions in its infancy; now, in its later years, I apprehend an attack of pressure on the brain.”
“Perception is a tool that's pointed on both ends.”
“The way to get rid of darkness is with light; the way to overcome cold is with heat; the way to overcome the negative thought is to substitute the good thought. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish.”
“We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.”
“I enjoy the independence of single-handling a boat. I like controlling the elements, making the wind and the waves and the water work for me.”
Dave deBronkart
Hans Rosling Professor
John Heywood Writer
John Lyly Writer
Jonathan Weiner Writer
John Wilbanks Researcher
