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A Refuge in Words

Quotes that invite you to see life through a different lens.

If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.

Edsger W. DijkstraLife

if i ask enough questions may be i'll learn something i did not know.

Peter LynchLife

We walk the world for a moment in time, then we return to the eternal wind.

Avatar: Aang, The Last AirbenderLife

Man’s goal in society is to be remembered. In nature , it is to be forgotten , unnoticed.Leave as little proof I was here as I possibly can. That will be my gift to this place.

The MadisonLife

The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Warren BuffetLife

At a certain point , you have to ask yourself what do I want to do with the time that I have left

For All MankindLife

If you want to be there for the good times, you must also suffer through the bad times

Barry RitholtzLife

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

Benjamin FranklinLife

In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved

KingerLove

We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't... don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told.

MoneyballLife

So, even though you have broken my heart yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you

Everything Everywhere All At OnceLove

One day, you'll leave this world behind So live a life you will remember

AviciiLife