Quotes About Insight

You can't let facts get in the way of the truth.

At first glance Bing knew that although this man might have passed for forty or so, he was much older than that. His eyes had the soft, faded look of sea glass; they were old eyes, unfathomably old. He had a long, harrowed face, wise and kindly, although he had an overbite and his teeth were a little crooked. It was the sort of face, Bing supposed, that some people would describe as ferretlike, but in profile it also would've looked just fine on currency.

Se pueden averiguar muchas cosas de alguien cuando le das por culo.

Os surdos conseguem sentir cheiros que a maioria das pessoas não consegue, e eu senti o cheiro da maldade naquela fumaça.

I wouldn't underrate the power of regret. It doesn't feel good... But it's hard to learn anything important without it.

And I'm a little mean to people who are dumb. And most people are dumb.

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

Faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness.

There are some things you only learn through experience.

Dr. Watson, "You see, but you do not observe.

Commandment 5: When you interact with others, try to establish their baseline behaviors

If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.

Books are a way of saying: This room seems to have more than its fair share of bozos in it.

Happy art is shallow. Sad art is deep.

A distinguished historian has said that one of the most valuable things about history is that it teaches us how things do not happen.

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. PROVERBS 23:23

Sometimes the people closest to you can't see the greatness in you.

He had a smart crew, and if he spoke too much, they'd shut up and listen to him instead of volunteering their own very useful opinions. 'Good leaders lead,' Pantillo had told Erik once. 'Great leaders listen.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why — he does.

If you let me into your soul, let yourself be inside mine, you'll always see me more clearly than anyone.

The wise man knew when to let go of pride to grab hold of wisdom.

Your have a purity I've lost, pet. But in some ways, the important ones, you're not naive. You understand the darkness without ever having been in it.

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