“Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit” Quote by Epictetus
“We also call upon the king to hand over power to the political parties and for the political parties to shoulder their responsibility and turn the people's demands for democracy and good governance into reality.” PeopleHandsRealityPoliticalTurnsPartyResponsibilityDemocracyKingsDemandShouldersPolitical PartiesGovernanceGood Governance Author:Joseph Adam Ereli
“Everybody knows you're going to miss some. It's just the reality and the probability of it. It's the ultimate paradox for a kicker. You go out expecting to make every kick, but you also know it's probably not going to happen. So you have these two conflicting thoughts and realities. The really good kickers are the ones who can process that information. That's what I'm learning to do.” KnowsTwoRealityHappensProcessMissingInformationUltimateKicksParadoxExpectingProbabilityKickersConflicting Thoughts Author:Nate Kaeding
“It's totally outrageous, ... for someone to take these domain names and then solicit funds, run them through what looks like a legitimate charity using pictures and other hurricane victims, when in reality that money was running to his hate sites.” LooksRealityRunningHateNamesVictimCharityFundSiteDomainHurricanesOutrageousDomain Names Author:Jay Nixon
“Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.” RealityKidsGrowsResponsibilityGrowing UpFamiliarNot AfraidTaking Responsibility Author:Thuy Trang
“Well, I think I'm not a non-believer, and I'm not a believer. But, on the other hand, I couldn't give you a good enough reason why EVP doesn't exist. I don't know enough about it, so how could I say it's not true. Plus, a person's reality is a person's reality so that's your belief system. It's all perception anyway, isn't it.” ThinkingKnowsGivingWellsPersonsReasonEnoughHandsRealityBeliefPerceptionBelieverReason WhyPlusGood EnoughBelief SystemsNon Believer Author:Michael Keaton
“I may think I am ready to go out there and run a Busch race tomorrow, but the reality is I have to wait, because if you go out there and stink up the show, your credibility is shot. You work so hard to get your chance, and if you blow it when everyone is watching, that's it. And it's just not worth the setback.” IfsThinkingMayHardShowsRealityRunningWaitingChanceRaceReadyTomorrowShotsBlowCredibilitySetbackStink Author:Erin Crocker
“A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the good which thou hast performed and thou be grieved for the evil which thou hast committed, thou art a true believer.' The man said. 'In what doth a fault really consist' Muhammad said, 'when action pricketh thy conscience, forsake it.'” IfsKnowsMenArtSaidRealityMightActionEvilPleasureHe ManConscienceMarkFaultsCommittedBelieverMuhammadForsakeTrue Believer Author:Muhammad
“Poverty is the great reality. That is why the artist seeks it.” RealityArtistPoverty Author:Anais Nin
“If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to neutralize or transform this particular mode of exploitation that one can best test these various forms of resistance to the West.” IfsRealityFormForceBehindsParticularCapitalismCapacityTestsWestVariousResistanceDestructiveExploitationGlobalizationMotor Book:Valences of the Dialectic Source: Valences of the Dialectic
“In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.” RealityHigherCostWasteSpendingProductivityReformRisingBureaucracy Author:Andrew Lansley
