Guessing Quotes

Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.

~ Antonio Machado

Life: It is better not to wrap philosophy around such an inconceivable evolving beautiful mystery. If based on perception, alone; whatever the conclusion - it is still guessing.

~ T.f. Hodge

Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life.

~ Shannon L. Alder

A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty of good topics. The nature of consciousness, the workings of the brain, the origin of aggression, the origin of language, the origin of life on earth, SETI and life on other worlds...this is all great stuff. Wonderful stuff. You can argue it interminably. But it can't be contradicted, because nobody knows the answer to any of these topics.

~ Michael Crichton

Empowering Women 101: If a normal man wants you he will let you know. You won't have to guess. He will move mountains to bring you into his life. If he is abnormal he will string you along, drop a trail of crumbs and clues for you to follow, in order to keep you guessing. This type of man desires you, but doesn't value you.

~ Shannon L. Alder

True saddness is when someone still thinks your the same person after all these years. They brand you because of their own ego, fear and lack of spirituality. What's sadder is when they are Christian.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You will never know the moon or stars, unless you breathe in their solar system and inspect it from many diverse vantage points as possible.

~ Shannon L. Alder

She lay outside in the courtyard, staring up at the raindrops… feeling them hit her body… trying to guess where one would land next. The nuns called again, threatening that pneumonia might make an insufferably headstrong child a lot less curious about nature.

~ Dan Brown

What's the difference between rain and grain? Only a g, though they both grow in the land, and they don't land but fall. What a difference a g makes!

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Being kind to someone, only to look kind to others, defeats the purpose of being kind.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Assuming what people want is about as controlled as using fireworks to start a fire.

~ Criss Jami

Nobody knows what God's plan is for your life, but a whole lot of people will guess for you if you let them.

~ Shannon L. Alder

A woman's intuition is better than a man's. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good deal nearer than a man.

~ Mark Twain

You don’t waste time on suspecting or second guessing when you confront.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Proformas rarely perform; missed projections are more often the norm. Still, we skew them up high, we miss but we try, for proformas which rarely perform.

~ Ryan Lilly

When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.

~ Shannon L. Alder

All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to conclusions and then seek to defend those conclusions, regardless of logic or changing circumstance. This is sloppy, illogical thinking which may not hinder your life too much, under normal circumstances. But if you want to be a great detective, then such thinking will absolutely ruin your chances.

~ Alexei Maxim Russell

What’s your poison or should I just waste my money by guessing something you probably won’t even drink? I’d much rather get you something you like.

~ Jason Medina

History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.

~ Will Durant