Bramley S Quotes & Sayings

The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many ... The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There was currant toast squishy with butter, caramel-marshmallow squares, strawberry boats oozing custard, chocolate exclairs that exploded with cream when the cats bit into them with their little white teeth and-- a special treat for Pleasant-- a pie made from thick slices of Bramley apple, with just the right amount of tangy in the tangy-sweet. — Anne Michaels

In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation. — Paulo Coelho

I reckon if I can't spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking. — Pete McCarthy

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass. — George Raveling

I loosened my grip on my opinions. I entered recovery for being such a know-it-all. I stopped expecting everyone to experience God or church or life like I thought it should be done. In fact, I stopped using the word should about God altogether, I sought God, and he was faithful to answer me. — Sarah Bessey

This is about your future. Nobody else can make the decision for you. — Cathy Bramley

You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don't have to. It's that simple. — Phil Knight

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. — Alexander McQueen

Black-and-white thinking is the addict's mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. But an addict who finds the willingness can then rely on the same trait to stay clean: "Just don't drink," they say in AA.
How's that going to work for an addicted eater? Food addicts have to take the tiger out of the cage three times a day. I've read that some drinkers have tried "controlled drinking," and it hasn't been very successful. Eaters don't just have to try it; they must practice it to survive.
Having a food plan is an attempt to address that, and having clear boundaries is a key to its working. But the comfort of all or nothing is just out of reach.
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I'm saying that food addicts, unlike alcoholics and may others, have both to try for perfection and to accept that perfection is unattainable, and that the only tool left is a wholesome discipline.
The problem is, if we had any clue about wholesome discipline, we wouldn't be addicts. — Michael Prager

...as a woman who was raised with the idea that the world was at my fingertips, that anything I wanted could be mine for the taking, on the eve of my thirtieth birthday I am ready to stand up and say that trying to have it all is not all it's cracked up to be. — Anna Mitchael

Friends grow up and away from each other, like little moons joining somebody else's orbit. — Cathy Bramley

He spoke about how we are permeable fluid beings instead of stable unitary isolates; about recursive reconstruction of the self; about an engagement with the world that constantly creates a new you, only you don't know it, because you're not the person you would have been otherwise - you're a one-person experiment that has lost its control. — Anonymous

But the best part of catching Neil in the shower was, hands down, the loud, awful singing. — Abigail Barnette

I wanted my home to be a haven, like coming in from the cold to a big warm hug. — Cathy Bramley

You will never be a burden to me. It is my privilege to be available to you whenever you may need me. — Sylvia Day