Apollonius of Tyana Quotes

If you have problems of conduct that are difficult and hard to settle, I will furnish you with solutions, for I not only know matters of practice and duty, but I even know them beforehand.

Apollonius of Tyana

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PracticeProblemsYouKnowDuty

I've forgotten the birthdays of everyone close to me. I have forgotten to pay bills, file tax returns on time, go to meetings, and, every week, I forget to put the bins out. But I have never forgotten I want my lunch.

John Niven

TimeMeLunchMeetingsWeekForget

We're becoming slaves to our social networks - and that's not a bad thing. You like your favorite networks, so do you friends, and pretty soon you have market winners.

Max Levchin

FriendsYouBadWinnersPrettyYour

Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards.

Robert Shea

CareAncestorsYearsUpBeingHunt

My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.

Amy Chua

MotherBestDayMomSisterLimits

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.

Srikumar Rao

ChangeGoodMoneyYourselfEffort

I have no shame around the fact that I can be shot into suicidal feelings by certain people's treatment of me. I am no different to any other person, I therefore act as I believe any other person should be free to.

Sinead O'Connor

I AmPeopleMeFreeBelieveI Can

London was a spice mecca. The first recipe for curry in English was actually published in 1747.

Tom Parker Bowles

LondonSpiceFirstRecipeEnglish

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

Robyn Hitchcock

BecauseMusicianWantedOtherReally

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

Logan Lerman

PeopleMeSeriousSayFirstLike

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

Chris LeDoux

WhyGentleMoreLittleSideWhy Not

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us.

Chinua Achebe

ReligionCountryTroubleNowUpUs

Some Sundays, I read it quickly - other Sundays, I savor it. I generally spend most of my time in 'The New York Times Book Review,' 'Sunday Business,' 'Sunday Review,' and 'The New York Times Magazine.' I turn all the other pages, only stopping when I find a headline that interests me.

Brad Feld

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