“Sometimes we succeed because of our upbringing, sometimes we do so in spite of it.” SometimesSucceedSpiteUpbringing Book:Unmanned Source: Unmanned
“I am a person of faith: I am a person who will believe practically anything on no evidence at all.” BelievePersonsEvidence Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I was the kind of child who always poked around wherever there was fear: to see what kind of a creature fear was.” KindChildrenFearCreatures Author:Luisa Valenzuela
“I love the short story for being round, suggestive, insinuating, microcosmic. The story has both the inconvenience and the fascination of new beginnings.” StoriesRoundsShort StoryNew BeginningsFascinationInconvenience Author:Luisa Valenzuela
“Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'” DoeRealHandsBeliefDemandSingingScientistSundayHave FaithGravityThere Being No God Author:Dan Barker
“exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have to see a few times a week.” WeekLoversExerciseMy FriendsAnnoyingFitnessWorkoutMy LoverCoworker Author:Alissa Nutting
“You know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a workout program or guru, we'd go steady for a few intense months, and then we'd have a really ugly breakup.” PeopleKnowsKnow HowMonthsExerciseProgramUglyIntenseBreakupSteadyFitnessWorkoutGuruUnlucky Author:Alissa Nutting
“I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to the majority of the population in some way. Sometimes it's their looks, other times their perceived sex appeal (often in obvious defiance of their looks), and other times it is their real or imagined talent for acting, writing, painting or banging on the drums. And because people are so susceptible to flattery, there exists an entire industry made up of scam artists whose sole goal is to fleece the flatterable.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingBelieveLooksMadeRealSometimesArtistSexGoalActingSpecialTalentPaintingIndustryMajorityPopulationObviousSuperiorsAppealsCurseSoleFlatteryDefianceSusceptibleBangingSex AppealScamsFleece Author:Fay Faron
“as long as there is a lottery, we the people of the United States must believe in getting something for nothing.” PeopleBelieveLongStatesUnitedUnited StatesGamblingLottery Author:Fay Faron