Cordellier Quotes & Sayings

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. — Henry Drummond

Time-wasting activities are the dessert. Oftentimes discoveries are made through the back door. — Jean Wilson

When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her. — Ian McEwan

Intelligence is only real when shared — Unknown

I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess. — Robert Downey Jr.

Suppose you're called on to navigate some particularly difficult life dilemma, your own, or that of a close confidant. You yearn to talk matters over with your mentor, spouse, or best friend. Yet, for whatever reason, you can't get a hold of these valued others - perhaps they're traveling, busy, or even deceased. Research shows that simply imagining having a conversation with them is as good as actually talking with them. So consult them in your mind. Ask them what advice they'd offer. In this way, a cherished parent or mentor, even if deceased, leaves you with an inner voice that guides you through challenging times. Your past moments of love and connection make you lastingly wiser. — Barbara L. Fredrickson

I'm as big as snob as they come, but money is a terrible barometer of a person's worth. The standard I used is what a person is choosing to do with his life. So for me a struggling musician (someone dedicated to their craft, not some slacker) is much better than some lame investment banker. And the fact that she lied seemed like she was ashamed. She dismissed my anger as if I were overreacting. — Harvey Pekar

It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians. — Pseudonymous Bosch

Libraries are a consistent and major source of books for free reading. — Stephen D. Krashen

When you're a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory. — Alan Dale

But even with my minimal amount of fame, there are certain perks. Recently, I was at a movie premier, and at the party after the movie, Meryl Streep was loose, walking around the room like a normal person. Absolutely nothing was preventing me from lunging toward her and shrieking Dingoes ate my baby! Dingoes ate my baby! — Augusten Burroughs

We have noted that anxiety is the disordered state of God-given vigilance. What then are we to make of depression? What God-pleasing good is the flipside of this suffering? "Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair."[174] — Heather Choate Davis

We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own. — Chuck Palahniuk

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. — David Hume