Quotes About Experience

Let's enjoy our misery before we say it's fun.

Our knowledge of life is limited to death

experiencia poética como solución imaginaria al problema de la realidad, subyace la infraexperiencia del fracaso, la otra cara del «triunfo» que es, de por sí, el arte de la palabra.

about his terrible attempt at making a sandwich) It's more difficult than it looks. (Artemis Fowl)

Don't worry chief,said foaly,It's like riding a unicorn,you never forget.

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.

I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up.

I am exactly the right age for this project," said Minerva. "I'm young enough to believe in magic and old enough to understand how it works.

Someone old enough to grasp the principles of commerce, yet young enough to believe in magic

I have lived long enough to realize that there is no such thing as perfect love. That's too long.

We hebben het overleefd. Betekent dat dat we nu vrienden zijn? Door een traumatische gebeurtenis met elkaar verbonden?' … 'Ik vind dat ik niet betaald moet krijgen om een vriend te helpen. Hou dat elfengoud maar.

Hello there, young man. Would you like to see the children's menu?" A vein pulsed in Artemis's temple. "No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children's menu. I have no doubt that the children's menu itself tastes better than the meals on it.

Wowbagger could not hold her eyes. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Het is het niet waard. Neem dat maar aan van iemand die jouw fouten al begaan heeft. - Artemis, tegen Minerva

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!'.

When a young man was boasting in the theater and saying, I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men; Epictetus said, I also have conversed with many rich men, but I am not rich.

When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men, Epictetus replied, I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!

Philosophy is for living, not just learning.

Behold the birth of tragedy: when idiots come face to face with the vicissitudes of life.

Jeff: I could go to New York if I wanted to, but what's the point? So I can learn how to order a capuccino? So I can get mugged by some crackhead? So I can see homeless people up close and personal? Sooze: So what do you want to do? Jeff: Nothing. Sooze: No one does nothing, Jeff! Jeff: Okay, well, then I'm going to break new ground. Sooze: New ground?! Jeff: Mm-hmm. Sooze: Taking one community college course on the history of Nicaragua while barely holding a job packing boxes?

Six years is a considerable time in human life, and if it be true that the witty remarks one makes at a dinner party seem peculiarly foolish the next morning, how much more does the enthusiasm of 1930 appear foolish in 1936.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.

The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.

I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced.