Dubiton Quotes

#1. Evolutionary biologists tell us we have a "negativity bias" that makes our brains remember negative events more strongly than positive ones. So when we're feeling lost or discouraged, it can be very hard to conjure up memories and feelings of happiness and ease.

Sharon Salzberg

#2. Caesar was Rome's escape from communism. I expect no Caesar; I find on our map no Rubicon. But then I expect to see communistic madness rebuked and ended.

Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

#3. Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#4. The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque.

Ron Wyden

#5. When she was too young to resist, or even to understand, I turned my daughter into a lifelong, rabid Yankees fan.

Gene Weingarten

#6. My friend Lou Reed came to the end of his song. So very sad.But hey, Lou, you'll always take a walk on the wild side. Always a perfect day.

Salman Rushdie

#7. We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

George Bernard Shaw

#8. I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.

Bebe Neuwirth

#9. Jesus' teaching in general [implies] that happy and fulfilling sexual relations in marriage depend on each partner aiming to give satisfaction to the other. If it is the joy of each to make the other happy, a hundred problems will be solved before they happen.

John Piper

#10. The WTO has outlived its usefulness as a setting for trade negotiations. It can still be a good place to resolve disputes (though this can take years) and share ideas, but most countries would be better off choosing their own trading partners and lowering trade barriers at their own pace.

Daniel Altman