Insightful Quotes - Page 25

• My space chums think my unique hookup with humanity could be evolution's awkward attempt to jump-start itself up again. They're thinking just maybe, going crazy could be the evolutionary process trying to hurry up mind expansion. Maybe my mind didn't snap. Maybe it was just trying to stretch itself into a new shape. The cerebral cortex trying to grow a thumb of sorts.

  Lily Tomlin

  Crazy, Unique, Thinking

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• Because sometimes when someone is telling you something really important, it’s best to just let there be silence, to really think about what they’re saying. A lot of times people think they have to say something all insightful or wise or something to try and make the person feel better. But really, sometimes silence is best.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Wise, Feel Better, Thinking

  Lauren Barnholdt (2013). “The Thing About the Truth”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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• Look at Andrew Roe's The Miracle Girl from one angle and you'll see an incisive and insightful critique of America at the millennium and today, investigating where we put our faith and why. The greatest of Roe's achievements in this captivating debut is a memorable feat of intense empathy. Roe inhabits characters who are desperate to believe and reveals to us their needs and wounds and hopes, and he does so with kindness, generosity, and wisdom. This is a novel about what it means to be human, to seek connection and hope and maybe even transcendence in the world around us.

  Doug Dorst

  Girl, Kindness, Believe

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• Marian Head is a true student of Tao. Her insightful and persuasive 'Wu-Wei' approaches for personal transformation reach our hearts with open invitation to join the 'soft' revolution and harmonious agreement for all.

  Chungliang Al Huang

  Heart, Agreement, Personal Transformation

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• In short stories there's more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it's almost like a poem in that you can come to a lot of meanings within a short space.

  Karen Russell

  Space, Stories, Logic

  "Karen Russell on the Persistence of the Novelist". Interview with Brian Gresko, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2011.

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• One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Wise, Business

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Why Some Positive Thinkers Get Powerful Results”, p.60, Open Road Media

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• Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Wise, Perseverance, Strong

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Tough-Minded Optimist”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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• We have to deal with a lot of things. One of them is we have to deal with fake conservatives that are bought-and-paid for by the Karl Rove establishment. Unfortunately, some in my area have recruited a primary opponent against me.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Fake, Insane

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• We had a majority in 1990, 1994, 1996, we lost it every time. You know why? Because we compromised... We don't need a majority. We need an irate, tireless minority. We need people who are just going to stand for the truth.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, People, Insane

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• The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

  Seth Godin

  Inspiring, Marketing, Doing Nothing

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.24, Penguin

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• Always desire to learn something useful

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Life, Encouragement

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• A good reputation is more valuable than money.

  Publilius Syrus

  Money, Reputation, Valuable

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 108,

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• Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary bypass.

  Mary Blakely

  Divorce, Bypass, Psychological

  Mary Kay Blakely (1995). “American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• You're nobody 'til somebody kills you.

  The Notorious B.I.G.

  Art, Rap, Media

  Song: You're Nobody, Album: Life After Death

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• The law, in this country, is dead. The Supreme Court doesn't follow the Constitution, Congress doesn't follow the Constitution. The President doesn't even want to follow the Constitution. And yet we're the ones called radical.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Country, Law

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• The forces of immorality and Marxism and evil count on one thing: Us not showing up. And often, they're justified in that. And I think if you look at some of the things that have happened this year with the Freedom Agenda, it should encourage you, that when you show up, we actually win.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Winning, Thinking

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• People who won't sign the taxpayer protection pledge, people who won't sign the property-rights protection pledge, people who won't sign the state-sovereignty pledge, who won't put their beliefs in writing, who won't endorse the Freedom Agenda, we should be asking them some very very hard questions. Very hard questions. Because you know what, they get away with it. We hear what goes on in closed doors in Olympia. We hear them say the opposite of what they say publicly.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Writing, Rights

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• There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.

  Criss Jami

  Spring, Issues, Judging

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.63, Criss Jami

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• The easy road in Olympia is a yes vote. That's the easy road in Olympia. The easy road in Olympia is not carrying the banner for freedom and liberty. The easy road in Olympia is worrying about getting reelected. The easy road in Olympia is going along to get along.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Worry, Insane

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• We had a lot of people say, you guys are the most ineffective legislators in Olympia and your bills never go anywhere ... They can't say that anymore, can they?

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, People, Guy

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• We've got some Democrats who are actually Tea Partiers right now. We need to build coalitions with them.

  Matt Shea

  Inspiring, Tea, Insane

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• They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Happiness, Peace

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270

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• If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Witty, Powerful

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