"Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk"

-- Regina Spektor

#Morning Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Wake Up Quotes

“Sorry. I'm not, like, medieval torture expert guy.”
“On the one hand, technology is more mysterious. On the other hand, we're more aware of its limitations. Every time I watch Star Trek, I'm highly aware of magical everything is: the holodeck, the warp drive. It's possible that with wormholes we might eventually be able to do something like that. But the laws of physics are pretty unforgiving.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign power, Like other baubles in the Tower: Is generous, valiant, just, and wise, And so continues till he dies.”
“People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of Habeas Corpus.”

Source : Martin Mayer (1963). “Where, When, and why: Social Studies in American Schools”, New York : Harper & Row
“My advice to graduates is to do anything except what you are trained for. Take that training to a place where it is out of place and stimulate ideas, shake up establishments, and don't take no for an answer.”

Source : "Where Do New Ideas Come From?" by Nicholas Negroponte, www.wired.com. January 1, 1996.
“In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue”
“The Christmas just before I turned four, my parents bought me a pair of little black skates and the Bay of Quinte was frozen and my two sisters took me out there and held my hands and taught me to skate. Now I don't know if this is true-although it sounds good!-but rumour has it by the end of the day they couldn't keep up with me.”

Source : "One on One with Bobby Hull". www.hhof.com. December 11, 2001.
“If we were in tune and communing with God every moment, where would be the need to pray or ask for anything?”

Source : Daya Mata (1976). “Only Love”, Self Realization Fellowship Pub

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