Amoseries Quotes & Sayings

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish. — George Crumb

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool — Seneca.

In the moral realm, there is very little consensus left in Western countries over the proper basis of moral behavior. And because of the power of the media, for millions of men and women the only venue where moral questions are discussed and weighed is the talk show, where more often than not the primary aim is to entertain, even shock, not to think. When Geraldo and Oprah become the arbiters of public morality, when the opinion of the latest media personality is sought on everything from abortion to transvestites, when banality is mistaken for profundity because [it's] uttered by a movie star or a basketball player, it is not surprising that there is less thought than hype. Oprah shapes more of the nation's grasp of right and wrong than most of the pulpits in the land. Personal and social ethics have been removed from the realms of truth and structures of thoughts; they have not only been relativized, but they have been democratized and trivialized. — D. A. Carson

What?" my partner asked suddenly.
I jumped, guilty at having been caught staring. But, hell, I thought, might as well ask. "Are you two
you know?" I made a vaguely obscene gesture with my fingers.
He stopped walking so fast I was shocked he didn't get whiplash. "What?"
I waved toward the building. "You and Shandi."
Instead of answering, he threw his head back and brayed like the jackass he was. — Jaye Wells

I'm still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but that's just the way I am. — Ariel Rechtshaid

Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts. — Yasmin Mogahed

I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was ... nothingness. — Frances Farmer

Its not about being included. It about creating your own space and including yourself and then finding other people that are like okay. — Sophia Amoruso

If I don't explain or tell some of my experiences, I feel like I'm doing guys a disservice because I know as a younger player, there's things I could benefit from the experience of an older guy. — D'Brickashaw Ferguson

His voice hardened again.'Now get back to your room-if you can manage it without throwing yourself at someone else.' Is that your subtle way of calling me a slut? — Richelle Mead