Okeith Greene Quotes

For a football coach, there's nothing that matches the pain of a team not playing up to its capabilities. ~ Joe Greene

D. felt a little envious of him as he stood there in the yard among the cars - he looked established. Five hundred years of inbreeding had produced him, set him against an exact background, made him at home, and at the same a time haunted - by the vices of ancestors and the tastes of the past. ~ Graham Greene

If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today, because people want to get fixed-rate 30-year loans, but banks don't want to keep 30-year loans on their books. ~ Jeff Greene

we can never really experience what other people are experiencing. We always remain on the outside looking in, and this is the cause of so many misunderstandings and conflicts. But the primal source of human intelligence comes from the development of mirror neurons (see here), which gives us the ability to place ourselves in the skin of another and imagine their experience. Through continual exposure to people and by attempting to think inside them we can gain an increasing sense of their perspective, but this requires effort on our part. Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own beliefs and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware. When it comes to studying another culture, it is only through the use of our empathic powers and by participating in their lives that we can begin to overcome these natural projections and arrive at the reality of their experience. ~ Robert Greene

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies. ~ Robert Greene

Quantum mechanics - the physics of our world - requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance. ~ Brian Greene

Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with. ~ Maurice Greene

I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part of our [people's] nature. But in war, all kinds of noble human traits have been developed, such as discipline, cohesion, pride. ~ Robert Greene

You must bear in mind that each law is circumstantial. It does depend on the circumstances. ~ Robert Greene

Goody Two-shoes Evie Greene got herself pickled, for true. If I'd known you were such a juvenile delinquent, I might've asked for a new history podna."
"Juvenile delinquent? Hmm. Aren't your initials J.D.? If the shoe fits ... ~ Kresley Cole

The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be like "He's just a fun guy! That's cool that he can balance all these things." But if you see a person that you know who has two young kids and is a mom, there's no way those perceptions are the same. It's like "Oh, there must be a problem." That's usually what women face. ~ Robert Greene

American bankers believe in the personal touch; the teller conveys a sense that he happens to be there accidentally and he is overjoyed at the lucky chance of the encounter. ~ Graham Greene

However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance - so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature. ~ Graham Greene

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. ~ Graham Greene

Be wary of friends - they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them. ~ Robert Greene

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. ~ Graham Greene

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future. ~ Jeff Greene

There is nobody else out there that I would put ahead of Joe Greene. By far the best Steeler of all time. ~ Jack Ham

In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise. ~ Graham Greene

Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain. ~ Robert Greene

Understand: we can never really experience what other people are experiencing. We always remain on the outside looking in, and this is the cause of so many misunderstandings and conflicts. ~ Robert Greene

As long as nothing happens anything is possible ... ~ Graham Greene

What happens if you drop all the things that make you I? ~ Graham Greene

You must be the mirror, training your mind to try to see yourself as others see you. ~ Robert Greene

You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have. ~ Robert Greene

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom. ~ Graham Greene

She had often disconcerted me by the truth. In the days when we were in love, I would try to get her to say more than the truth - that our affair would never end, that one day we should marry. I wouldn't have believed her, but I would have liked to hear the words on her tongue, perhaps only to give me the satisfaction of rejecting them myself. But she never played that game of make-believe, and then suddenly, unexpectedly, she would shatter my reserve with a statement of such sweetness and amplitude ~ Graham Greene

Your dreams will always be more important to you than anyone else, you can want something as much as you want but at the end of the day your mum doesn't care if your arms are 24 inches or not, but that doesn't mean you give up, chase your dreams. ~ Kai Greene

The real reason why general relativity is widely accepted is because it made predictions that were borne out by experimental observations. ~ Brian Greene

Understand this: The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed. Your ~ Robert Greene

I've always been optimistic. When things come together and I feel comfortable, I know I can be a productive player with an impact. ~ Khalil Greene

In a world growing increasingly banal and familiar, what seems enigmatic instantly draws attention. Never make it too clear what you are doing or about to do. Do not show all your cards. An air of mystery heightens your presence; it also creates anticipation - everyone ~ Robert Greene

The ways of the Lord are filled with wonder and mystery. ~ Bette Greene

What am I doing with my life? Am I just going to some humdrum job that I don't really want to be at, doing some minuscule task, getting paid to be a mindless drone? Or am I out there living life, on my terms, the way I want to live it, doing the things that I want to do? ~ Kai Greene

I like kindness. Who doesn't? Life is definitely too short for self-centered, abusive people. ~ Ellen Greene

String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space. ~ Brian Greene

Take special note of how people respond to stressful situations - often the mask they wear in public falls off in the heat of the moment. ~ Robert Greene

One always spoke of her like that in the third person as though she were not there. Sometimes she seemed invisible like peace. ~ Graham Greene

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us. ~ Graham Greene

It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness that results from a well-tempered society founded on mutual esteem. But the injury done my country, and the chains of slavery forging for all posterity, calls me forth to defend our common rights, and repel the bold invaders of the sons of freedom. ~ Nathanael Greene