Descoprinting Quotes & Sayings

Why had he happened to hear such a discussion and such ideas at the very moment when his own brain was just conceiving ... the very same ideas? And why, just at the moment when he had brought away the embryo of his idea from the old woman had he dropped at once upon a conversation about her? This coincidence always seemed strange to him. This trivial talk in a tavern had an immense influence on him in his later action; as though there had really been in it something preordained, some guiding hint ... — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. — Marilyn Manson

I'm one of the handful of survivors of the guys I came up with. — Richard Masur

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. — Joe Paterno

Knees and your shirt caught in your zipper." "I don't remember that part," Dickie said. "Did I used to do that?" "Yes." Dickie started laughing. "I wasn't making a lot of money back then. I couldn't afford a hotel room." "It's not funny!" I said. "Sure it is. Grass stains and rug burns are always funny." He looked over at Morelli. "She didn't like to do doggy." Morelli slid a look at me and smiled. There wasn't much I didn't like — Janet Evanovich

Am I really a good mathematician? — Norbert Wiener

What I impose, I must accept. — Walter M. Miller Jr.

I reserve my emotional energy exclusively for people. Things can be fixed. Things can be replaced. People cannot. — Alan C. Fox

Well, if they set you in the kissing booth, let me know, I am always willing to donate for a worthy cause. — C.J. Duggan

With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable. I cannot ... I cannot come to each of you but shall feel obliged if each of you will come and take me by the hand. — George Washington

The only thing that keeps us rooted in the past is our refusal to embrace the present.
Dude, you gotta hug it with both arms and legs and hold on tight! The present is all we've got. That's why they call it a present! — Karen Marie Moning

If you aren't any religion, how will you know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center? — Judy Blume

You get lonely, is what it is. A person's not supposed to go through life with absolutely nobody. It's not normal. The longer you go by yourself the weirder you get, and the weirder you get the longer you go by yourself. It's a loop and you gotta do something to get out of it. — Jim Shepard

Atheists often denounce Christianity as harsh and negative. But in reality it offers a much more positive view of the human person than any competing religion or worldview. It is so appealing that adherents of other worldviews keep free-loading the parts they like best. — Nancy Pearcey

Human history is a Gaian dream. — Terence McKenna