"The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face"

-- Cory Doctorow

#Ideas Quotes #Dumb Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.”

Source : First President-Elect Weekly Transition Address, Broadcast 8 November 2008
“Werewolf games,' Mercy said solemnly, 'play for keeps, or go home.' She was so cute sometimes it made Adam's heart hurt.”
“The demon that you can swallow gives you itâ€™s power, and the greater lifeâ€™s pain, the greater lifeâ€™s reply.”
“An executive cannot gradually dismiss details. Business is made up of details and I notice that the chief executive who dismisses them is quite likely to dismiss his business. Success is the sum of detail. It might perhaps be pleasing to imagine oneself beyond detail and engaged only in great things, but as I have often observed, if one attends only to great things and lets the little things pass the great things become little; that is, the business shrinks.”
“The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.”
“Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.”

Source : William Davis (2014). “Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health”, p.33, Rodale
“There are many women who write as they think they should write - to imitate men and make a place for themselves in literature.”
“There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Pink, Avril Lavigne, BeyoncÃ©, Lil Wayne.”

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