Cradlelike Quotes & Sayings

You must have discipline to have fun. — Julia Child

I need you to love me, I don't like me, either, if that helps. — Doug Stanhope

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism? — Jimmy Stewart

Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck. — Immanuel Kant

Since I was a very small boy, traveling from town to town, three hundred days a year, I learned to love this life. The cradlelike rock and sway of the train, the hospitality of our countrymen, the gentle hearts of our countrywomen. You will find that, as long as you keep moving, there is no end to the delights awaiting you. But you must keep moving, Feliu. Even when the heart skips; even when the view blurs. — Andromeda Romano-Lax

You'll have your own superhero club before you know it. -Christian Ozera — Richelle Mead

Dark matter is needed to hold galaxies together. Your mind is a Galaxy. More dark than light. But the light makes it worthwhile. — Matt Haig

The happiness of the South was very formidable. It was an almost invincible happiness. It defied you to call it anything else. Everyone was in fact happy. The women were beautiful and charming. The men were healthy and successful and funny; they knew how to tell stories. They had everything the North had and more. They had a history, they had a place redolent with memories, they had good conversation, they believed in God and defended the Constitution, and they were getting rich in the bargain. They had the best of victory and defeat. Their happiness was aggressive and irresistible. — Walker Percy

One of my ex-husbands thought I had a breast job. They looked bigger. I just got the proper lingerie. — Cybill Shepherd

Catholic and Jew - it's very closely related, a lot of holidays, a lot of guilt, a lot of the same things going on. — Larry Wilmore

I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give. — LL Cool J

Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it is time we faced it. — Katharine Brush

When rock came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled. — Jo Stafford

Marriage has taught me that women are the only ones who apologize. — Sandra Dallas

Anyone who has ridden the subway twice a day to earn their bread knows how it goes: When you board, you exhibit the same persona you use with your colleagues and acquaintances. You've carried it through the turnstile and past the sliding doors, so that your fellow passengers can tell who you are - cocky or cautious, amorous or indifferent, loaded or on the dole. But you find yourself a seat and the train gets under way; it comes to one station and then another; people get off and others get on. And under the influence of the cradlelike rocking of the train, your carefully crafted persona begins to slip away. The super-ego dissolves as your mind begins to wander aimlessly over your cares and your dreams; or better yet, it drifts into ambient hypnosis, where even cares and dreams recede and the peaceful silence of the cosmos pervades. — Amor Towles