Detrition Quotes & Sayings

This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position. — Immanuel Wallerstein

To dance is to reach for a word that doesn't exist,
To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations,
To feel the meaning of a moment in time. — Beth A. Jones

Nothing happens in the brain, except the gradual rust and detrition of the cells. But in the mind, worlds unclassified, undenominated, unassimilated, form, break, unite, dissolve, and harmonize ceaselessly. In the mind-world ideas are the indestructible elements which form the jeweled constellations of the interior life. We move within their orbits freely if we follow their intricate patterns, enslaved or possessed if we try to subjugate them. Everything external is but a reflection projected by the mind machine. — Henry Miller

Everything was good.
But it was awful, too. — Markus Zusak

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end. — Justin Hayward

We are firm believers of the paranormal, but we believe over 80 percent of all claims can be disproved. — Jason Hawes

Frugality is enjoying the virtue of getting good value for every minute of your life energy and from everything you have the use of. — Vicki Robin

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven. — Mignon McLaughlin

Anyway, they took her body to McBurney's Funeral Home in Motley. They'll be planting her tomorrow. — Peter Hedges

A group of little creatures is coming up the walk. A pirate, a dinosaur, two fairies, and a bride. Why is it that you never see a kid dressed as a groom on Halloween? — Laurie Halse Anderson

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult. — Michael Sheen