Breaking Social Norm Quotes & Sayings

On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution. — Paul Bloom

The one thing you can bet is that spying is never over. Spying is like the wiring in this building: It's just a question of who takes it over and switches on the lights. It will go on and on and on. — John Le Carre

Another of Brother Lawrence's helpful ideas was to pray shorter conversational prayers continually through the day rather than trying to pray long sessions of complex prayers. — Rick Warren

Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand. — Austin O'Malley

Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the same. — Helen Grace Lescheid

Make love to me," she whispered. "That's my plan." "You think you can?" she asked. He smiled along her neck. "I think so. — Lucian Bane

Just keep taking the next step and keep having excellence in the ordinary. — Dave Ramsey

A sharp ringing of a bell suddenly split the air, signaling that the quadrille was soon to begin. Realizing that the ladies shielding her from view were going to have to take their seats, Wilhelmina began backing as quickly as she could underneath the chair behind her, her only thought being to make an escape as quietly as possible. She'd gotten halfway underneath the chair before her bustle, dratted contraption that it was, snagged on the underside of the chair. Before she could get herself free, a loud clearing of a throat sent a sense of dread flowing through her veins. Lifting her head, she refused a sigh when her gaze was caught and held by none other than the gentleman she'd been hoping to avoid. Mr. Edgar Wanamaker. — Jen Turano

Many parents make mistakes with their children, thinking they know what's best for them. — Paulo Coelho

I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only writing fiction. I'm not making munitions, so I think it's acceptable. — Anita Brookner

I've been around the bend in corporations. — Indra Nooyi

We who are so lucky as to be born into the light - who see it every day and never think about it, we're blessed. We could have been born shadow souls who live and die in crimson darkness, never even knowing that somewhere there is something better. — L.J.Smith

They said that dying was just like going to sleep, although of course if you weren't careful bits of you could rot and drop off. — Terry Pratchett

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one ... — Lawrence Block