quotes about Ishmael

“He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.”

“Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.”

“I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do.”

“Just days after Mitt Romney suggested he might run for president, there's been a backlash. The backlash is led by Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, and just to hedge his bets on every issue, Mitt Romney.”

“I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it.”

“Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.”

Source : Peter Watts (2014). “Firefall”, p.19, Head of Zeus

“I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?”

“It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.”

“You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.”

“Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.”