Boris Sidis Quotes

The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.

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• There was a mission: To match the cover of 'Extraordinary' to the cover of the paperback 'Impossible,' which was commercially successful. Consider the outdoor natural setting, the single girl in motion with her hair blowing, and the cursive font used for the title; both covers have these in common.

  

  Nancy Werlin
  • Girl
  • Single
  • Hair

• I do lots of weird voices and I kind of act out my raps. That's something that's always been in me.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Kind
  • Weird
  • Voice

• Yes," he said. "I am sure. I double-checked everything after you went home yesterday. I even made a few improvements, just in case." The first part of that reassured her. The second part... not so much. "What kind of improvements?" "Oh, nothing, really. Mostly just streamlining. You really did very well; I certainly don't want you to think that I am one of those people who has to be in control all the- Oh, well, I suppose that's actually true- I do have to be in control all the time. But only because I am in charge, of course.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • People
  • Time
  • Home

• More people are using the Internet and searching for information and things to buy, and they want to know where these places are.

  

  Ted Morgan
  • People
  • Want
  • Information

• He promotes it, that's his history, ... If you're (losing big) and you're allowed to respond that way, there's something wrong.

  

  Pat Quinn
  • History
  • Way
  • Respond

• I'm dragging the audience to hell with me

  

  Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Audience
  • Hell

• I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our concept of the richness in human capacity.

  

  Ken Robinson
  • Believe
  • Hope
  • Future

• To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.

  

  Plato
  • Good
  • Impossible
  • Wealthy

• It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Book
  • Giving
  • Doubt

• Money is a machine for doing quickly and commodiously what would be done, though less quickly and commodiously, without it.

  

  John Stuart Mill
  • Money
  • Machine
  • Commodiously

• Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Innovation
  • Solitude
  • Catalyst

• When we’re afraid, we have a tendency to pray and ask God for peace before we’ll step out and do what frightens us. But most of the time, we simply need to move forward.

  

  Sadie Robertson
  • God
  • Afraid
  • Pray

• Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

  

  Wyclef Jean Fugees
  • Life
  • Father
  • Raised

• The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals.

  

  Betty Sue Flowers
  • Communities
  • Emerging
  • Manifests

• A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing 'habit of success'.

  

  Paul J. Meyer
  • Action
  • Desire
  • Habit

• The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.

  

  Boris Sidis
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