Afterthoughts Blog Quotes & Sayings

The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation of external causes, but only the inward tendencies are called into action and clothed with strength. — George Ripley

Perhaps the House had heard Harvey wishing for a full moon, because when he and Wendell traipsed upstairs and looked out the landing window, there
hanging between the bare branches of the trees
was a moon as wide and as white as a dead man's smile. — Clive Barker

We always condemn most in others, he thought, that which we most fear in ourselves. — Robert M. Pirsig

I have a thorough understanding of nutrition, and I feed my body only foods that support health. — Louise Hay

I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson. — Dustin Diamond

Fifthly, I would do away with those great long compounded words; or require the speaker to deliver them in sections, with intermissions for refreshments. To wholly do away with them would be best, for ideas are more easily received and digested when they come one at a time than when they come in bulk. Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than with a shovel. — Mark Twain

Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. — Joseph Addison

Laughter heals, gives solace, and is life enhancing. — Liz Carpenter

There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. — Matthew McConaughey

Broadway, I have to memorize everything. You get one time to do it right. — Toni Braxton

You are right, I do fall down a lot.
But that wouldn't be true if I never stood back up. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past ... The problem is basically theological, and involves a spiritual recrudescence and improvement of human character that will synchronize with our almost matchless advances in science, art, and literature, and all material and cultural developments in the past two thousand years. It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh. — Douglas MacArthur