Bastarnians Quotes & Sayings

I saw a small boy who belongs to one of those large families who only practice at birth control. — Anne Ellis

Decay is inherent in all things. — Damien Keown

Ask any parent what we want for our children, and invariably we say 'a better life.' To that end, we give our time, our sleep, our money, and our dreams, much as our parents did before us. We all want a better life for our children. But what we want for them ceases to matter if we leave them an unlivable world. — Leonor Varela

How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you? (Plato) The things we want are transformative, and we don't know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation. Love, wisdom, grace, inspiration- how do you go about finding these things that are in some ways about extending the boundaries of the self into unknown territory, about becoming someone else? — Rebecca Solnit

You're amazing, just the way you are. — Bruno Mars

Criticism, like swearing, is actually nothing more than a bad habit. — Richard Carlson

My homesickness wasn't truly for home, I realized. It was for something more elusive. A silent, low-grade, unnamed yearning persisted inside me. It was always there, a reaching feeling that grew stronger when I was alone and listened for it. The rain understood what it was. — Caragh M. O'Brien

A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great waitresses. Now, it might not be so great in the health department, but I think diner food is really worth experiencing periodically. — David Lynch

Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy. — Ernest Holmes

You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines. — Elizabeth Taylor

Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman! — Ernestine Rose

All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas. — Gautama Buddha

We need to empower everybody, not one person, not almost everybody, but everybody. — Rahul Gandhi

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life. — Emma Forrest