It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
Jerry Garcia

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.
Jerry Garcia

And there's a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents - I mean, it's gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.
Jerry Garcia

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
Jerry Garcia

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
Earl Nightingale

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.
Earl Nightingale

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl Nightingale

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Earl Nightingale

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
Bob Hope

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Jane Austen

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only the gentle are ever really strong.
James Dean

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
James Dean

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake

Be content to seem what you really are.
Marcus Aurelius

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.
Steve Jobs