Aplstar Quotes & Sayings

Caregivers, like all of us, inevitably reflect their culture's attitude toward children and life. The story goes that when Pearl Buck was a child in China, someone asked how she compared her mother to her Chinese amah. Buck replied, "If I want to have a story read, I go to my mother. But if I fall down and need to be comforted, I go to my amah." Her mother's culture valued teaching and learning, while her amah's placed a greater value on nurture. Even as a child, Buck instinctively knew the difference. — David C. Pollock

I love a challenge and saving the Planet seems like a good one. — Paul Stamets

They walked side by side along the dark beach toward Monterey, where the lights hung, necklace above necklace against the hill. The sand dunes crouched along the back of the beach like tired hounds, resting: and the waves gently practiced at striking, and hissed a little. The night was cold and aloof, and its warm life was withdrawn, so that it was full of bitter warnings to man that he is alone in the world, and alone among his fellows; that he has no comfort owing him from anywhere. — John Steinbeck

I often think it's unfair to the listener and "too easy" to just choose one tempo while I make and decide the songs. — Gylve Nagell

The Bay-man has made the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet. I know, hard to believe, right? How could any summer blockbuster be as dull, dumb and soul-sucking as the first three Transformers movies? Step right up. — Peter Travers

It was always disconcerting to meet those who had become so obsessed with a single topic that they could not see their concerns in context. — Alexander McCall Smith

This is where the privileged send their screwed-up progeny; no gluing macaroni to construction paper for us." He paused meaningfully. "They only let us CREATE with RICCIOLINI here."
"I don't even know what that is."
"It's very fancy, I assure you — Michelle Hodkin

There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness. — Brene Brown

A 'biomass' man reaction comes from reflexes and instinct — Sunday Adelaja

I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm! — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Love is like riding or speaking French. If you don't learn it young, it's hard to get the trick of it later. — Julian Fellowes