It’s a random universe. Shit happens. Good people get stage 4 cancer and dipshits win the lottery. There is no justice. Everything doesn’t always come out square in the end. Life isn’t some elegant math equation — it’s a Sergio Leone screenplay and everyone gets snuffed. Not all of us have to ante up for our portion of the tab. Some get to do the ol’ dine ‘n’ dash (Quentin R. Bufogle, Horse Latitudes)
This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged (Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration)
Part of me wanted this more than anything else in the world—to have someone to hang out with, be like everyone else for a while. The rest of me screamed to get the hell out of there, not to get sucked in. (Rachel Ward, Numbers)
Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart (Rossana Condoleo)
We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction (Dennis Kucinich)
Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who’s going to build (Larry Ellison)
I feel blessed. I never wanted to be an actor. It just happened all by chance and fate. I was studying to be a teacher (John Ortiz)
Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting (Henry Ward Beecher)
Guilt is a waste of time unless you learn how to be more loving the next time a similar situation presents itself. (Annette Vaillancourt, How to Manifest Your Soulmate with Eft: Relationship as a Spiritual Path)
From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature (Ahmed Zewail)