“Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs to jelly, and produces a palsy of the upper limbs.” TurnsWaterProduceNormalGolfLegsRationalLimbsFluidGolfersNeurosisJellyRational Thought Book:The glorious world of golf Source: The glorious world of golf
“I think we're past the time in history where you have to come out and say, "I'm happy all the time! I'm a joker! I'm a crazy man!" I think people understand that I can turn that switch on but that I'm also a sensitive, normal human being with feelings and I know how to express those too.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenHumansKindI CanFeelingsPastTurnsHuman BeingsKnow HowCrazyNormalSensitiveCrazy Man Author:Jim Carrey
“Everyone wants to turn on their TV and have a break from their normal day.” WantTurnsBreakTvsNormalTurn-on Author:Megyn Price
“Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly imperfect can be helpful to you. As you were trying to grow up despite their fumbling efforts, you had to develop skills and tolerances other kids missed out on. Some of the strongest people I know grew up taking care of inept, invalid, or psychotic parents--but they know the parents weren't normal, healthy, or whole.” PeopleKnowsTryingStillsWholeCareKidsTurnsGrowsProcessParentEffortGrowing UpGrewHealthySkillsNormalGrew UpToleranceDespiteAwfulHelpfulStrongestImperfectPsychotic Author:Frank Pittman
“By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going to become verbal and who's not. And there seem to be certain kids who, as they learn more and more, they get less autistic acting, and they learn social skills enough so that they can turn out socially normal.” EnoughSeemsKidsCertainTurnsSocialActingSkillsNormalAutisticSocial Skills Author:Temple Grandin
“There are men from whom nature or some peculiar destiny has removed the cover beneath which we hide our own madness. They are likethin-skinned insects whose visible play of muscles seem to make them deformed, though in fact, everything soon turns to its normal shape again.” MenPlayFactsSeemsTurnsDestinyShapesNormalMadnessVisibleMusclesPeculiarInsects Author:E. T. A. Hoffmann
“The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it turns out, past history of a good return on capital is a good proxy for this but obviously not foolproof. I think this is an area where thoughtful analysis can add value to any simple ranking/screening strategy such as the magic formula. When doing in depth analysis of companies, I care very much about long term earnings power, not necessarily so much about the volatility of that earnings power but about my certainty of "normal" earnings power over time.” ThinkingShouldLongBigsCarePastValuesTurnsTermSimpleCompanyMagicReturnNormalAreasConcernedStrategyAddDepthCertaintyAnalysisLong TermThoughtfulFormulasI CareEarningBig PictureScreeningRankingProxyVolatilityFoolproof Author:Joel Greenblatt
“In some ways Lawler is a conceptual Diane Arbus. She's a stalker who takes advantage of situations. She pulls back curtains, causing normal things to look freakish and the freakish to turn mundane.” WayLooksTurnsSituationNormalAdvantageCurtainsMundaneNormal Things Author:Jerry Saltz
“At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.” KnowsMindFeelingsUsedNightTurnsFightingGamesSleepCareersWatchesReadyTvsNormalGet UpSubconsciousGoing To SleepTossSubconscious Mind Author:Sachin Tendulkar
“Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.” PeopleWayTurnsFoundEasyFateFootballNormalSurvivedKicking Book:Straight Source: Straight