"People do lie to themselves, and they get away with it because every action affirms and reaffirms their perception. That's the power of the human mind. that's the power of thought, which is nothing more- and nothing less- than energy. And when you have a particularly powerful mind, extraordinary things can happen."

-- Vicki Pettersson

#Powerful Quotes #Lying Quotes #People Quotes

“When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.”
“If you have time-release pills, you could have time-release expanding cheesecakes.”
“I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not on a professional football team looking to tackle a fullback who is built like solid wood. I'm a thinking person, and I've been blessed with the ability to see some things and talk about them in a way that registers in a humorous and funny way.”
“But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.”
“As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.”
“One-third to one-half of humanity are said to go to bed hungry every night. In the Old Stone Age the fraction must have been much smaller. This is the era of hunger unprecedented. Now, in the time of the greatest technical power, is starvation an institution. Reverse another venerable formula: the amount of hunger increases relatively and absolutely with the evolution of culture.”

Source : Marshall Sahlins (2013). “Stone Age Economics”, p.38, Routledge
“Success isnâ€™t something that happens overnight: itâ€™s a process. You have to nurture it along with continuous care, and the best way to do this is to have the right people working with you - not for you, but with you. I can dream alone and strive alone, but true success always requires the help and support of others.”
“The only thing that's important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself.”

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