772 Area Quotes & Sayings

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs. — James MacArthur

He walks over to me, and I can see his feet and shins in my field of vision. Naked feet. I — E.L. James

When you are 15, everything is such high stakes, even tiny things. I think because of that, it is funny but sad at the same time. — Sophie Wu

There is no way to re-enchant our lives in a disenchanted culture except by becoming renegades from that culture and planting the seeds for a new one. — Thomas Moore

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. — Alice Walker

Who can reckon up the loss of moral power that arises from the constant impression that nothing is worth doing in itself, but only as a preparation for something else, which in turn is only a getting ready for some genuinely serious end beyond? — John Dewey

Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone ...
Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness. — Brennan Manning

There is a simple test to define path dependence of beliefs (economists have a manifestation of it called the endowment effect). Say you own a painting you bought for $20,000, and owing to rosy conditions in the art market, it is now worth $40,000. If you owned no painting, would you still acquire it at the current price? If you would not, then you are said to be married to your position. There is no rational reason to keep a painting you would not buy at its current market rate - only an emotional investment. Many people get married to their ideas all the way to the grave. Beliefs are said to be path dependent if the sequence of ideas is such that the first one dominates. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I'm not who I was.With everyday you took a little..and over time the little turned into alot. I lost who I was. I was broken. And it wasen't until there was only a little piece of the real me left ... that I realised I couldn't do it anymore. Thank god the little bit left of me was hope ... hope for me. — Anonymous