Arbitrariness Examples Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes we have to leave home in order to find out what we left there, and why it matters so much. — Shauna Niequist

A ship doesn't look quite the same from inside, does it? A wise sailor,' Robert said, fanning his arms, 'will one time stand upon the shore and watch his ship sail by, that he shall from then on appreciate not being left behind.' He grinned and added, 'Eh?'

George gave him a little grimace. 'Who's that? Melville? Or C.S. Forrester?'

It's me!' Robert complained. "Can't I be profound now and again?'

Hell, no.'

Why not?'

Because you're still alive. Gotta be dead to be profound.'

You're unchivalrous, George. — Diane Carey

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive. — Gwyneth Paltrow

A perfectionist's greatest fault resides in her inability to achieve the impossible. — Diane Klammer

[E]ven today, when confident and self-affirmative lesbian identities have emerged and are available to women, images of 'lesbianism' are still regularly appropriated by a male heterosexual pornographic imagination which cannot accept that this is one party to which men are not invited and at which their presence is not necessary. — Nivedita Menon

Sooner or later you have to decide what you believe. It was a thing I'd always known but until recently had forgotten: that faith is a decision. In its most basic form, it is a choice. — Jennifer Haigh

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. — Paulo Coelho