Quotes for All
When I watch the show [Westworld], it leaves me looking at the world around me in a new way. It really stays with you. And it’s one of those things that you have to figure out. You’re going to get little clues along the way, and every time you think you know what’s up, we’re … Read more
When you sit quietly and let go of every false self-definition , of everything you think you know about who you are, and then be what’s left, what remains is the untarnished presence of who you’ve always been and still really are. Erich Schiffmann
What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson — that’s all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and … Read more
I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it? Eliezer Yudkowsky
Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let’s say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host wearing a nice suit – as a ponderer, I grew up like, \”Why don’t they just go up there in their army jacket? They’re fine!\” Then little by little, you think, \”You know, … Read more
When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning. Frank Herbert
I let the beast in too soon I don’t know how to live without his hand on my throat. I fight him always and still. Oh, darling it’s so sweet. You think you know how crazy, how crazy I am. Fiona Apple
I am going to give you a piece of advice… advice I wish I’d been told in guidance class back in high school, in between the don’t-do-acid and don’t-drink-and-drive films. I wish our counselors had told us, ‘When you grow older a dreadful, horrible sensation will come over you. It’s called loneliness, and you think … Read more
Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false directions. Not knowing what to do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a … Read more
You think you know your possibilities. Then other people come into your life and suddenly there are so many more. David Levithan