"Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often."

-- Jon Krakauer

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential.”
“Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind.”
“I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A with Carney's Reeve Carney". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 19, 2011.
“You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional, meaning that you can handle any situation.”

Source : "Patton Oswalt Talks TRAGEDY PLUS COMEDY EQUALS TIME, Doing Another Stand-Up Special, Preparing to Shoot Live Performances & Upcoming TV Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 16, 2014.
“Thereâ€™s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that youâ€™re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation - itâ€™s a result of that collision. Youâ€™ve got to be prepared. So, make your mistakes now and make them quickly. If youâ€™ve made the mistakes, you know what to expect the next time. Thatâ€™s how you become valuable.”
“While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.”
“Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.”
“If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner.”

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