Simple Quotes - page 23

There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing under the bed.'" --Dexter. (Jeff Lindsay)
In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws. View quote
Jeffrey Eugenides
The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of your eating. View quote
Jim Harrison
Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind. View quote
Jonathan Carroll
I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return. View quote
Jude Watson
Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race. View quote
Dean Karnazes
Our technologies become more complex while we become more simple. They learn about us while we come to know less and less about them. No one person can understand everything going on in an iPhone, much less pervasive systems. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding the commercials are there to help sell things. And that TV shows are there to sell commercials, and so on. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her she should be. View quote
E. Lockhart
At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples. View quote
Edmund Phelps
I find that it's the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays. (Amy Adams)
And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity. View quote
Ernst Toller
The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste. View quote
Carlo Petrini
Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at work. ... What things can happen! What reflections, what remarks, what feelings, or, on the other hand, what blind automatism, what absence of ideas! ... The experimenter judges what may be going on in [the subject's] mind, and certainly feels difficulty in expressing all the oscillations of a thought in a simple, brutal number, which can have only a deceptive precision. How, in fact, could it sum up what would need several pages of description! View quote
Alfred Binet
Saying you want to escape is the easy part; actually figuring out how to do it is not quite so simple. View quote
Kerry Wilkinson
Another simple rule is, when you are verbally assaulted, do not counterattack. Instead, disarm your counterpart by asking a calibrated question. View quote
Chris Voss
Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set. View quote
Curtis Stone
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. View quote
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Guys are very simple. View quote
Laura Schlessinger
People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.' View quote
Laura Schlessinger
The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. ... While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end ... Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit. (B.K.S. Iyengar)
The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time. View quote
Ben Okri
Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man. View quote
Joyce Meyer
The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep. View quote
Margaret George
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. View quote
Sam Ewing