Volledig Scherm Quotes

#1. I was talking to a Zen master the other day and he said, "You shall be my disciple."I looked at him and said, "Who was Buddha's teacher?" He looked at me in a very odd way for a moment and then he burst into laughter and handed me a piece of clover.

Alan Watts

#2. In the early stages of negotiation software, on your smartphone, there may be programs that listen to the pitch of a voice, or that test for stress. You'll just ask the program, 'Was he lying? Was he eager to do business with me?' Maybe the computer will be right sixty per cent of the time.

Tyler Cowen

#3. There are some stories that don't want telling," Gian said. "Some stories you tell, they make things worse. Not better.

Kameron Hurley

#4. What happened to the tradition of walking to school? The simple answer is change. Change in traffic patterns and street planning that have made school routes less pedestrian-friendly.

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

#5. There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

Elias Canetti

#6. He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth.

Julia Quinn