Bashert Yiddish Quotes & Sayings

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people. — Robert Orben

One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow. — Friedrich Nietzsche

No less instructive is the story, 'Pooh Goes Visiting,' in which Rabbit, having deceitfully offered Pooh admittance to sample his overstocked larder, artfully traps his victim in the doorway and exploits him as an unsalaried towel rack for an entire week. — Frederick C. Crews

It's not staying in the same place that's the problem," said Nanny, "it's not letting your mind wander. — Terry Pratchett

There are no days in life that are so memorable as those that vibrate to some stroke of the imagination. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it. — Brooke Ellison

All deaths before the age of 100 are accidental, caused by carelessness or thoughtlessness. — Chiyo Uno

I perform in opera houses in the centres of big cities. We live in 20 acres of forest. You need that space to recover and renew. — Sondra Radvanovsky

Mathois said, 'The nearer a man comes to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isaiah the prophet saw the Lord and knew himself to be wretched and unclean (Is. 6:5). — Benedicta Ward

It's like a blueberry White Russian,' John said, now on his third spoonful.
'It tastes exactly the same,' Mike said, his teeth already bright blue.
'No, no, it tastes better,' John said. 'I feel like it's making me stronger. — Eric Spitznagel

Don't look for the precise and local. Simply; do not be narrow minded. — Nicholas Nassim Taleb

Woman's shape under her midnight blue cloak. The cloak had made her invisible in the darkness, but up close he saw that she had golden blonde hair, so luminous that it glowed under the velvet hood. He found her attractive but sensed there was something strange about her, that she was — Alma Katsu

If the sculptor uses stone and if the road builder also uses stone, the first uses it in a way that it is not used, consumed, negated by usage, but affirmed, revealed in its obscurity, as a road that leads only to itself. — Maurice Blanchot

It was deceptive, the sunshine- it promised more than it could actually deliver. — Jojo Moyes

We have all sorts of words that could describe us. But we get to choose which ones are most important. — Jennifer E. Smith