#nod

„Everyone wants to believe that there’s something else – something great – waiting for them on the other side. Paradise. Valhalla. Heaven. Their next – hopefully less horrible – life. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#mithology #life

Each of them is a book through which other books dream. (referring to Nodier's SMARRA and TRILBY) ↗

— John Clute

#charles-nodier #nodier #dreams

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#comment #even #i #make #man

We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#base #because #charlie #fan #fan base

Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. ↗

— Henry S. Haskins

#head #his #like #nods #nothing

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#forgive #man #more #never #nodding

Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#answers #ask #backbone #courses #doubt

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#causes #caution #channels #memoirs #much

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#companion #even #genius #inseparable #moderation

You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #been #dangerous #decades #decline