Ascenders And Descenders Quotes

#1. Starting with the Renaissance and running through the Enlightenment, there occurred what we might call "the great reversal." Suddenly, very suddenly, the Ascenders were out, the Descenders were in - and the transition was bloody, arguably the bloodiest cognitive transformation in European history.

Ken Wilber

#2. I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

Olivia Thirlby

#3. Bulldog grunted. And I knew the matter was settled. My pulse thrummed with excitement. I was going to marry Juliana Wessex.

Jody Hedlund

#4. If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off ... then I'll be successful.

Bobby McFerrin

#5. We share a common ancestor with chimps that is not shared by mandrills, we share a common ancestor with mandrills that is not shared by bushbabies, and on and on and on, to the ancestor we share with nematode worms that is not shared with oak trees.

Simon Barnes

#6. The easiest emotion to lose control of is anger.

K. Huber

#7. You can't make a horror movie without breaking heads!

Kensington Gore

#8. I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.

Big Sean