Gilbert Gollyweed
- Lifeless Library
If there were a fire bustling around the city and it could only choose one building to burn down, the lives it would kill most would be the library. There's no crowd of people in there, but there are books. Shelves of them. Rows of people who poured their thoughts and feelings in pages. Those are the lives that would be murdered. The people who spent a lifetime writing other lives plus their own.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
- The greatest fear
It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, and the fear of being an outcast. The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.
Dr.Ford
- Consciousness
We can't define consciousness because consciousness does not exist. Humans fancy that there's something special about the way we perceive the world, and yet we live in loops as tight and as closed as the hosts do, seldom questioning our choices, content, for the most part, to be told what to do next.
andie0995
- Book Recommendations
The best part of going through the quotes in this website is discovering new book recommendations. Sometimes, a quote just strikes me so hard that I have to look up the quote and find the book.
Lauren
- Something to Ponder - Part 2
The untold story of the Lost Boy, a merry member of Peter Pan's band of brigands, is one that has always enticed me. Were they trapped on Neverland? Could they actually die by the hand of a pirate? I also wonder about Captain Hook's crew of pirates... from whence did they come? Were they also taken from our world? Were they once business men? Fathers? Or among the homeless? Were they once Lost Boys who chose another path? These are the things I think about sometimes...
Lauren
- Something to Ponder - Part 1
The Lost Boys come to Neverland - to Peter - from the normal world, right? Taken from our realm, they travel with Peter Pan or Tinkerbell or other fairies perhaps. Are they stolen? Kidnapped? Enticed to leave on their own accord with promises of adventure and a parentless existence? Perhaps they were even rescued from starving in streets and alleys. Missing children are hardly a novelty and thinking of them alive and well and living in Neverland is far better than the alternative, right?
Tom Card - Burn Notice
- People don't break the same
Imagine that you're holding on to two bottles, and they drop on the floor. What happens? They both break. But it's how they break that's important. Because you see, while one bottle crumples into a pile of glass, the other shatters into a jagged-edged weapon. You see, the exact same environment that forged older brother into a warrior, crushed baby brother. People just don't all break the same, Mrs. Westen. Just don't.
Sleeping At Last
- Two
Sweetheart, you look a little tired. When did you last eat? Come in and make yourself right at home. Stay as long as you need. Tell me, is something wrong? If something's wrong, you can count on me. You know I'd take my heart clean apart if it helped yours beat. It's okay if you can't find the words. Let me take your coat and this weight off of your shoulders.
Four - Divergent
I don't want to be just one thing. I can't be. I want to be brave, and I want to be selfless, intelligent, and honest, and kind. Although, I'm still working on kind.
F K T
- I wish
I wish she understood how much she has to offer and what she is capable of. That she does not need a man to dictate her worth. That being alone is OK and that it doesn't mean you'll be alone forever. I wish she realized that her kids love her beyond what she can offer them. I wish I could be a good enough example for her to know that hard work is more rewarding than begging for scraps of affection and money. I wish I could understand why she does what she does.
Plato
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
unknown
- Bright and Dark
I wish, I want, why can't they stop and get me by the G. My M is getting tired and mad. I want to be on the team too. Can I get an S, at least. I want to play monkey see monkey do. Pick me, pick me up now lol who am I kidding. Death becomes me.
unknown
- Matrix... It will come.
The longer I stay, the longer I see and know more, but the longer it gets; I begin to question what is truly real and wrong. I am not afraid of becoming non-existing. I am afraid to leave her behind, but that time will come and I will follow the sign of the rabbit or the little lady who bugs me in the gift shop and I may just take both pills and jump to see how deep that mini hole goes.
By the Three Initiates
- Kybalion
"everything is in motion"; "everything vibrates"; "nothing is at rest"; facts which Modern Science endorses, and which each new scientific discovery tends to verify. And yet this Hermetic Principle was enunciated thousands of years ago, by the Masters of Ancient Egypt. This Principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibration.
By the Three Initiates
- Kybalion
The old Hermetic axiom ran in these words: "As above, so below; as below, so above." And the grasping of this Principle gives one the means of solving many a dark paradox, and hidden secret of Nature. There are planes beyond our knowing, but when we apply the Principle of Correspondence to them we are able to understand much that would otherwise be unknowable to us. This Principle is of universal application and manifestation, on the various planes of the material, mental, and spiritual universe.
Andrew Hunt
- The Art of Programming
In some ways, programming is like painting. You start with a blank canvas and certain basic raw materials. You use a combination of science, art, and craft to determine what to do with them.
Gayle Laakmann Mcdowell
- Be Specific, Not Arrogant.
Arrogance is a red flag, but you still want to make yourself sound impressive. So how do you make yourself sound good without being arrogant? By being specific! Specificity means giving just the facts and letting the interviewer derive an interpretation. For example, rather than saying that you "did all the hard parts," you can instead describe the specific bits you did that were challenging.
fred
- Philosophical Conversations
Do you like philosophical conversations? You know, figuratively questioning, "Why is the water wet?" And you're not questioning the physical attributes of why the water is actually and tangibly wet, but is merely questioning something deeper. "What is underneath the blueness of life?" "What secrets are hidden underneath?" That is philosophy.
Omar7
- Why are typing exercises so addictive for me?
Late at night, after a day as a software developer, finally he comes home. He had his lunch and drank a nice cup of hot mint. Now, it's time for his new habit, typing, more accurately, "touch-typing". Since he saw those competitive programmers and their insanely high typing speeds, he wanted to be like them, or just get near as much as he can. That's where it all started, Keybr, 10fastfingers and finally the lovely Keyhero website. He is now officially addicted to daily touch-typing exercises.
Lin Manuel Miranda
- In the Heights
Me and my cousin running just another dime-a-dozen mom and pop stop and shop and oh my god it's gotten too darn hot. Like my man Cole Porter said, people come through for a few cold waters and a lottery ticket, just a part of the routine. Everybody's got a job, everybody's got a dream. They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk, the first stop as people hop to work.
