Superhuman Abilities Quotes

#1. Malcolm Gladwell, the author and New Yorker writer, has suggested that as a society we value natural, effortless accomplishment over achievement through effort. We endow our heroes with superhuman abilities that led them inevitably toward their greatness.

Carol S. Dweck

#2. There are apparently two hypotheses about jealousy: that it is a product of civilization and that it is a basic instinct of animals.

Kobo Abe

#3. Homework is the new family dinner.

Jennifer Senior

#4. I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

Amos Lee

#5. In order to teach you, I must know you.

Lisa Delpit

#6. From the American retelling of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story to the Japanese adaptation of King Lear in Ran, Shakespeare's cultural influence is virtually limitless.

Gordon Smith

#7. The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.

Ivan Illich

#8. I don't really even know what Twitter is. I know that might sound wierd to some people. I don't use social media. I make music, so I use social media ... it's more helpful for me when I'm making music than as an actor.

Michael Pitt

#9. Living is making decisions and dealing with the consequences.

Paulo Coelho

#10. Very few positive experiences begin with being told to count back slowly from ten.

Dana Gould

#11. Making an object means imbuing it with its own spirit.

Kenji Ekuan

#12. I'll catch fire, turn to ash and re-form ... I'll be stronger ... and you'll be forever mine.

Gena Showalter

#13. What you never want to do is have a story that doesn't track emotionally, because then you're going joke to joke and you're going to fatigue the audience. The only thing that's going to string them to the next joke is how successful the previous joke is.

Paul Feig