Sigmund Freud Quotes

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

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• Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • People
  • Believe
  • Society

• My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Friends
  • Night
  • Way

• I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Different
  • Mountain
  • Someone

• El mal, débil, me agita; fuerte, me calma.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• grep was a private command of mine for quite a while before i made it public.

  

  Ken Thompson

• In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

  

  U Thant
  • War
  • Modern
  • Victor

• [Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.

  

  Jack Williamson
  • Science
  • Fantasy
  • Assumption

• Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.

  

  Walt Dohrn
  • Up
  • Brain
  • Sharing

• Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

  

  Finley Peter Dunne
  • Running
  • Fighting
  • Compromise

• Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.

  

  D. Elton Trueblood
  • Feeling
  • Religion
  • Language

• When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Life
  • School
  • Education

• A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness of the cat. It made thinking difficult. "I believed males needed a longer recovery time to mate." "Not this kitty cat." Rising to his feet, he said, "Get ready to play.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • She

• Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Good
  • inspirational
  • Looks

• You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

  

  Anthony Charles Edwards
  • Ability
  • Somewhere Else
  • Where You Are

• The question has been asked, 'What is a woman?' A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices.

  

  Eleanor Holmes Norton
  • Children
  • Question
  • Poetry

• When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

  

  Cory Booker
  • Happy
  • Angry
  • Hopeful

• Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization.

  

  Bruce Sterling
  • Humans
  • Civilization
  • Backup

• By nature, I’m rather passive so it’s important for me to appear confident on stage. I was very nervous.

  

  Park Ji-young After School
  • Nature
  • Stage
  • Confident

• The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

  

  Sigmund Freud
  • Civilization
  • Founder
  • First Human