Counterinstinctual Quotes & Sayings

You can imagine anything to be fun in retrospect- look at all those people who long for high school. — Jennifer Close

Beware pride; it would have us seek revenge from those most deserving of our pity. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency. — David Cameron

[Reviewing a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin] The dogs were poorly supported by the cast. — Don Herold

How she wished she'd asked Father more about this Jack Ludgrove instead of storming out in a huff. — Robin Lee Hatcher

But isn't a life based on seeking personal happiness by nature self-centered, even self-indulgent? Not necessarily. In fact, survey after survey has shown that it is unhappy people who tend to be most self-focused and are often socially withdrawn, brooding, and even antagonistic. Happy people, in contrast, are generally found to be more sociable, flexible, and creative and are able to tolerate life's daily frustrations more easily than unhappy people. And, most important, they are found to be more loving and forgiving than unhappy people. — Dalai Lama XIV

I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. — Robin Williams

I haven't been wrong since 1961, when I thought I made a mistake. — Bob Hudson

Mama always reminded me that love keeps no record of wrongs. I didn't know until now that true love, pure love, the right love, doesn't keep that record because it can't. I can't. I have to forgive Rhyson because I have to be with him. I just want it to be right. I want us to be right. To — Kennedy Ryan

It's hard to walk down the street without 'Entourage' comments, and that's all nice. — Kevin Dillon

[My mom] worries about me going and taking drugs, whereas my dad advises me on what drugs to take and what ones not to take. So, they're very different. — Charli XCX

I do think that's one of the strengths of the show is every year there's sort of the giant rock gets thrown into the stream and Selina has to figure out how to get around the rock. It's in Veep's DNA, whether anyone realized it or not, to constantly be changing. — David Mandel

I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike - an America that is moving, doing, working, trying - a strong America in a world
of peace. That peace must be based on world law and world order, on the mutual respect of all nations for the rights and powers of others and on a world economy in which no nation lacks the
ability to provide a decent standard of living for all of its people. — John F. Kennedy

I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man. — Tamora Pierce

The path of the spiritual revolutionary is a long-term and gradual journey toward awakening. If you are looking for a quick fix or easy salvation, turn back now, plug back into the matrix, and enjoy your delusional existence. This is a path for rebels, malcontents, and truth seekers. The wisdom and compassion of the Buddha is available to us all, but the journey to freedom is arduous. It will take a steadfast commitment to truth and, at times, counterinstinctual action. You have at your disposal — Noah Levine

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you. — Jay-Z