"I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me."

-- Walter Jon Williams

#Intelligent Quotes #College Quotes #People Quotes

“It always fascinates me how you can get so much joy listening to another person, when me, personally, I can only listen to myself and my music these days. I've got some people in my iPod, but I only listen to myself. I'm folding into myself and I used to think that that was what you're supposed to do - you're supposed to reject everyone else and figure out who you are. You get little shards and points of reference, but that's how you confirm that only you know what is right for you. Everything else is pollution. What's starting to happen to me is sort of an identity crisis.”
“People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.”
“See, that why I ainâ€™t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Wantâ€™a talk to God, well I say, â€˜howdy-howdy, God,â€™ and we jaw fer a bit.â€™ - Jimmy â€˜Diamondâ€™ Skinner”
“Serenity is when you get above all this, when it doesn't matter what they think, say or want, but when you do as you are, and see God and Devil as one.”
“Pavlov's findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the right response, while others learned more quickly when the penalty for not learning was a painful stimulus.”
“Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.”
“The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.”
“An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.”

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