Quotes

I’ve decided to start a collection of my favorite quotes I come across. So, here they are in no particular order.

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? - Carl Sagan

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. - Stephen Leacock

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George F. Will

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you. - Don Marquis

So what matters is not what we leave behind. What matters is what we do now. Do we touch the lives of others? Do we make a difference? Do we earn our place for the brief time that we are here? I think all we can hope for, all we should strive for, is a day well lived. And then another, and another. What better legacy could there be? - Leroy Sievers, diagnosed with cancer.