Nonlinearities Quotes

#1. Our brain is not cut out for nonlinearities. People think that if, say, two variables are causally linked, then a steady input in one variable should always yield a result in the other one. Our emotional apparatus is designed for linear causality. For

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#2. Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.

Suzanne Collins

#3. Because we easily imagine ourselves in want, we imagine God ready to forsake us.

George MacDonald

#4. He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples ... And I've never seen him so happy.

Billy Boyd

#5. We're used to seeing fantasy explored from a male perspective, and the way men might see sex, have sex, want sex and even be addicted to sex. But I don't think women pursuing that sexuality within themselves is something that's talked about or experienced as often.

Tasha Smith

#6. If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there.

Brian Clough

#7. We were born in charge of our own being, our own personality. Other people's personalities are beyond our
control.

Franz Bardon

#8. Some of you may not like what I had to say, but these are the things that I've noticed and believe should be said.

Auliq Ice

#9. Even though I am signed to an American label, I want Australia to fall in love with my music because if it doesn't work here, it won't work anywhere.

Conrad Sewell

#10. If I want to know: Is there anyone on earth who won't betray me? I must answer myself: Yes. Look in the mirror. She won't betray you. So

Glennon Doyle Melton