5368 Quotes & Sayings

If I had a daughter, I would tell her certain things. I would tell her that it's great to be smart, really smart - that being smart makes you strong. I would tell her that emotions are powerful, so don't be afraid to show them. I would tell her that some people may judge you on how you look or what you wear - that's just how it is - but you should keep your focus on what you say and do. I would tell her that she may see the world differently from boys, and that difference is essential and good. — Kirsten Gillibrand

It's a rational sort of fear that puts a lawn chair down in the front of your thoughts and brings a cooler of drinks along with it. — Jim Butcher

The particular skill that allows you to talk your way out of a murder rap, or convince your professor to move you from the morning to the afternoon section, is what the psychologist Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence." To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like "knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for for maximum effect. — Malcolm Gladwell

Christianity fucked men and women up. Men feel guilty and women have misguided anger. The result, a weak male. Fucking controls on our behaviour. It's like a sickness. A control sickness. — Robert Black

I had no idea what to say. A silence descended on us as sudden as the instant fresh oil is poured into a large frying pan. — Haruki Murakami

Culture is just a shambling zombie that repeats what it did in life; bits of it drop off, and it doesn't appear to notice. — Alan Moore

The last thing we learn about ourselves is our effect. — William Boyd

My friends have stood by me marvelously in the ups and downs of my career. I don't believe there is anything more worthwhile in life than friendship. Friendship is a far better thing than love, as it is commonly accepted. — William Powell

Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house. — Devin Townsend