“On consideration.. .of the reason wherefore men have so far gone astray, or that many - alas! - should follow diverse ways of belief concerning the Son of God, the marvel seems to be, not at all that human knowledge has been baffled in dealing with superhuman things, but that it has not submitted to the authority of the Scriptures” MenWayShouldHumansHas BeensReasonSeemsBeliefGoneSonAuthorityScriptureConsiderationDiverseAlasSuperhumanHuman KnowledgeBaffledSo Far Gone Author:Ambrose
“Knowing Chris Bennett's Writing as I do, I expected Only Superhuman to have an imaginative plot and a compelling superheroine in Emry Blair. What I hadn't expected was for the backstory to make so much sense. Usually science is the first causality of superhero stories, tossed aside with the breezy rationalization: 'Hey, it's comics!' Only Superhuman is, to my knowledge, the first hard science superhero story. And the Story is the better for it.” WritingFirstsHardStoriesKnowingExpectedHeyPlotCompellingSuperheroImaginativeBlairSuperhumanCausalityBreezy Author:Mike W. Barr
“Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers.” LittlesCharacterEasyStuffBitsDifficultLittle BitSpendingJust BeingSpending TimeJenniferSuperhumanSuperhuman Powers Author:Goran Visnjic
“Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman.” CharacterPastOrderHistoryEventsTasksAimHistoricalInvestigationSuperhuman Book:The Life of Reason: Human Understanding Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
“The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. These are such as are not accessible to the ordinary person, but are regarded as of divine origin or as exemplary, and on the basis of them the individual concerned is treated as a 'leader.” PersonsCertainIndividualTermQualityLeaderVirtueDivinePersonalityOrdinaryConcernedBasesExtraordinaryTreatedExceptionalCharismaSuperhumanExemplaryOrdinary PersonIndividual Personality Author:Max Weber
“A religion which has lost its basic conviction about the interconnection of men with men in their common struggles for the human, will never command belief in the realm of the superhuman.” MenHumansReligionBeliefLostCommonStruggleConvictionCommandRealmsSuperhumanInterconnectionHuman WillCommon Struggle Author:Max Lerner
“To attain the rank of grand master of memory, you must be able to perform three seemingly superhuman feats. You have to memorize 1,000 digits in under an hour, the precise order of 10 shuffled decks of playing cards in the same amount of time, and one shuffled deck in less than two minutes. There are 36 grand masters of memory in the world.” WorldTwoAbleOrderThreeHoursMemoriesMinutesMastersAmountCardsPreciseDeckFeatsSuperhumanPlaying Cards Author:Joshua Foer