In China, any idea that dared to take flight would only crash back to the ground. The gravity of reality is too strong.
– from The Three-Body Problem book by Cixin Liu
As I grow older, the one …
As I grow older, the one thing that becomes clearer to me each and every day is that I don’t owe anyone a thing. And neither do you.
– from Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter book by Curtis Jackson
Notetaking is like time travel …
Notetaking is like time travel – you are sending packets of knowledge through time to your future self.
– from Building a Second Brain book by Tiago Forte
Investing without research is like playing …
Investing without research is like playing stud poker and never looking at the cards.
– from One Up on Wall Street book by Peter Lynch
That’s the thing about women. There’s …
That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.
– from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry
Revolutions are not won by enlisting …
Revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science only a few are competent to practice. It depends on correct organization and, above all, on communications. Then, at the proper moment in history, they strike. Correctly organized and properly timed it is a bloodless coup. Done clumsily or prematurely and the result is civil war, mob violence, purges, terror.
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein
I’ve always known, on a purely …
I’ve always known, on a purely intellectual level, that our separateness and isolation are an illusion. We’re all made of the same thing – the blown-out pieces of matter formed in the fires of dead stars.
– from Dark Matter book by Blake Crouch
Ninety percent of most magic merely …
Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
– from Night Watch book by Terry Pratchett
A crash at the beginning of …
A crash at the beginning of your investing life is a gift. In fact, any pullback in stock prices is a gift while you are in the process of accumulating your wealth. It allows you to buy more shares for your dollars, on sale if you will.
– from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
Behind the steering wheel has always …
Behind the steering wheel has always been my favorite seat, and driving the highways of America has always been my ideal office.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey