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“It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.”
Source : Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909) p. 9
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“Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.”
Source : Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.51, Macmillan
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“I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.”
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“The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing”
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“Nights were hard during my staying at the TV show because while my Playmate friends got to go out and party, I would have to be home by 9 p.m. I'd get a text message from a girl that read, 'Having so much fun in Vegas. Wish you were here! Partying with all these football players,' and that was devastating. I felt so trapped and angry when I was missing out on something good.”
Source : Source: people.com
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“We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours.”
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“This is about an admitted attempt, encouraged from outside, to challenge and break the State's authority. That is intolerable. Whoever deviates from this policy that I have established, privately or publicly, will be expelled from the Union Nationale.”
Source : Response to the 1949 asbestos miners' strike on CBC radio,
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“Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.”