Descension Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me. — Joe Cocker

I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things. — Paul Westerberg

We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.' — Busy Philipps

The age of ex cathedra culture in education is definitely finished. These
days, we use modern teaching methods in line with advances in technology
that changes culture and even society itself. However, the biggest challenge for a modern education system is how to prepare new generations for living in a highly competitive world full of uncertainties. — Eraldo Banovac

The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Fear was the knowledge of pain, the awareness that you could be hurt, that you could die. — Julie Kagawa

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific. — Elizabeth Hurley

None but himself can be his parallel. — Virgil

As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music. — Valerie June

Be daring. Be first. Be different. — Anita Roddick

Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being 'down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see that it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid - From the short story Thailand — Haruki Murakami

Everyone has a bizarre childhood and unusual life experiences, whether they know it or not. There's no such thing as a normal childhood. What's useful in writing weird fiction is learning how to understand and articulate those moments of personal, particular strangeness. — Kelly Link