"God has placed clear limits on Manâ€™s intelligence, but none on his stupidity."

-- John Corapi

#Men Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Limits Quotes

“Psychoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place weâ€™re going to, but an idea in our mind now. It is something weâ€™re creating, that in turn creates us. The future is a fantasy that shapes our present.”

Source : Stephen Grosz (2014). “The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves”, p.157, W. W. Norton & Company
“Bones,â€ I sighed. â€œKnow something? Iâ€™m not afraid of you, but you scare meâ€¦.â€ His outline blurred again. â€œYou scare me, too, Kitten,â€ he might have replied, but I couldnâ€™t be sure.”
“Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.”
“If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.”
“What we call matter is only a complex of energies which we find together in the same place.”
“I've heard it said that when you die you enter a room of bright light, and that you can smell bread baking just around the corner.”

Source : Rick Bass (2003). “The Hermit's Story: Stories”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.”
“The personal pronoun "I" should be the coat of arms of some individuals.”

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