Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

As I see it, Being, the Cosmos, whatever you want to call it, is a struggle between two implacable forces: Novelty on the one side and habit on the other side.

Terence McKenna

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• Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Evil
  • Always
  • Will

• The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • People
  • Way
  • Class

• I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Smart
  • Try
  • Invest

• I can count my friends on one hand.

  

  Barry Zito
  • Friends
  • Hand
  • I Can

• There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.

  

  Patrick Carman
  • Story
  • Books
  • Literacy

• There's nothing I love more in the world than layering voices.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • World
  • Voices
  • Layering

• I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Want
  • Appreciate
  • Version

• I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Wish
  • See
  • Express

• Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.

  

  Natasha Hamilton
  • Time
  • Better
  • Confident

• If the formula for water is H

  

  Lily Tomlin
  • Water

• A vote of confidence from Cisco Systems can be very important to fledging technology companies, especially if they have initial public offerings on the horizon.

  

  Alex Berenson
  • Important
  • Technology
  • Confidence

• As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.

  

  Johnny Mathis
  • Long

• I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous.

  

  The Weeknd
  • Song

• Some of our songs are empowering, but I feel like more so than our music, it's who we are. We're four women who are completely different ethnicities, completely different body types, completely different walks of life and opinions.

  

  Lauren Jauregui Fifth Harmony
  • Life
  • Music
  • Different

• As a trusted institution with brick-and-mortar facilities in every corner of the United States, our public Postal Service is uniquely positioned to serve as a communications, finance, and service hub for the 21st century.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • Service

• You have to give everything to every job you do.

  

  Luke Evans
  • Job

• The global healthcare industry is undergoing a paradigm shift, providing significant opportunities for Philips to deliver more integrated solutions across the continuum of care - from prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to monitoring and aftercare.

  

  Frans van Houten
  • Health care

• One of my principal childhood memories is hearing one of the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies waft throughout the house.

  

  Katharine Graham
  • House
  • Childhood
  • Memories

• Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Religion
  • Widowhood
  • Defiles

• To struggle is difficult but to surrender is easy. Surrender is the beginning of devotion.

  

  Bhakti Charu Swami
  • Difficult
  • Surrender
  • Devotion

• A sense of humor is rare. It isn't telling a joke about how there are three ways to get to heaven. It's being in a restaurant and hearing someone say, Everyone's got their tale of woe, and then turning around and saying, Unfortunately, in life, there's more woe than tail.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Life
  • Heaven
  • Joke

• Society sets us up to be everything but ourselves, but I want to take a moment and say to people, love yourself. Find your purpose. You are unique, and that makes you great. I pursued my dreams. You can do it, too.

  

  Karen Civil
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Person
  • Judge
  • Judgement

• As I see it, Being, the Cosmos, whatever you want to call it, is a struggle between two implacable forces: Novelty on the one side and habit on the other side.

  

  Terence McKenna