Approachings Quotes & Sayings

One of the most destructive forces in the world is love. For the following reason: The world is a conglomeration of objects, no, of events and the approachings of events towards objects, therefore of becoming stases static stagnant, of all that is unreal. You get in the world, you get your daily life your routine doesn't matter if you're rich poor legal illegal, you begin to believe what doesn't change is real, and love comes along and shows all these unchangeable for ever fixtures to be flimsy paper bits. Love can tear anything to shreds. — Kathy Acker

People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that. — Nicola Sturgeon

I'll never let you see, the way my broken heart is hurting me, I've got my pride and know how to hide all my sorrow and pain, I'll do my crying in the rain ... — Howard Greenfield

Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true. — Hal Clement

I don't know how anyone can work on people's mouths all day long. That disgusts me. I'd rather work on the other end than work on mouths. — Joelle Carter

Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ. — Charles Spurgeon

In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how. — Harry Wong

I'm an accidental entrepreneur. — Natalie Massenet

Love is the ultimate creator. — Molly Friedenfeld

It is of eloquence as of a flame; it requires matter to feed it, and motion to excite it; and it brightens as it burns. — Tacitus

Nevertheless, for the most part the intangible dangers of being observed by unintended audiences are considered secondary to the convenience of instantaneous access to this "virtual campfire" from the comfort of the home. While online social networking sites are often disparaged as poor replacements for human interaction that encourage superficial relationships, my ethnographic analysis reveals how some people, American youth in particular, are incorporating this medium into their everyday practices in more or less meaningful ways. Through elucidating both the dangers and possibilities of this medium, I seek to encourage people to create their own "virtual campfires" as a supplement to, rather than a replacement of, their offline lives. Through participation and sharing in meaningful ways- from conversation to creating art- we might begin to see these sites as vehicles for healing the widely-felt loss of community and the pervasive sense of alienation experienced by so many. — Jennifer Anne Ryan

With dogs you just go up and smell their asses and you know where you stand. It's so much easier. Why can't humans do that? — Kevin Hearne