Curates Diary Quotes & Sayings

A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans. — Michael Lewis

Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a mirror so that we can see ourselves. Stories are mirrors of human be-ing, reflecting back our very essence. In a story, we come to know precisely the both/and, mixed-upped-ness of our very being. In the mirror of another's story, we can discover our tragedy and our comedy-and therefore our very human-ness, the ambiguity and incongruity, that lie at the core of the human condition. — Ernest Kurtz

I have to pick up my kids. I have to register them for school. I have to pack their lunches and get their Hep B shots and wash their hands. They must be spotted on the stairs and potty trained and broken of the binkie. And if that relentless work runs right alongside gauging the risks of bladder surgery on a seventy-four-year-old, well, what did you think was gonna happen? What did you think being an adult was? — Kelly Corrigan

Odors have their own story to tell and the secret is to block them out after they're no longer relevant. — Patricia Cornwell

Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one's memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another. — Fennel Hudson

I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls you would assume. — Chris Evans

For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly. — Diane Ackerman

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%. — Bill Gates

No matter what path Carter would take us, I'd go with him. — Tijan

When I think about the history of the SS United States, I wonder if she has something to teach us about the history of the church. The church, like the SS United States, has been designed for battle. The purpose of the church is to mobilize a people to accomplish a mission. Yet we seem to have turned the church as troop carrier into the church as luxury liner. We seem to have organized ourselves, not to engage in battle for the souls of peoples around the world, but to indulge ourselves in the peaceful comforts of the world. — David Platt

Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution. — Louisa May Alcott

Follow truth wherever it may lead you. — Thomas Jefferson