Disparagingly Synonym Quotes & Sayings

The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West. — Harold Innis

But kids also make the hard things harder, and the painful things more painful, because you have to see them hurting too. Of course, they also give you a reason, a compelling one, to make it through." "I guess I hadn't — Leta Blake

In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case. — Brett Favre

Jupiter's welcome to more from his Juno if he can get it — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For people with autism, living itself is a battle. — Naoki Higashida

You can say shit. I've heard it before. — Kristen Proby

If I were to have any sort of solid idea about which moments were God's manifestations, they would be those moments where one has practically nothing to do with what's going on. It's one of the best feelings in the world. — Anjelica Huston

Will Mom notice? She seems to have grown more astute since I acquired a boyfriend. — E.L. James

She feels a splash of water on her hand and, turning, sees that the sky has become overcast with a blanket of ominous dark rose-colored cloud, and of a sudden the light fades from the lawn and the cedars.

Steerpike, who is on his way back to the Earl's bedroom, stops a moment at a staircase window to see the first decent of the rain. It is falling from the sky in long, upright, and seemingly motionless lines of rosy silver that stand rigidly upon the ground as though there were a million harp strings strung vertically between the solids of earth and sky. — Mervyn Peake

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer. I'd never slept better. — T.M. Frazier

Africa is being raped mainly by Asia, but the second largest market for dead endangered animals is the US. Most don't know this is happening. I didn't, but once I found out, I had to try and help. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions of others - maybe then I would not have bought the cultural party line that thinness is the be-all and end-all of goals. Maybe if my family had not been in utter chaos most of the time, maybe if my parents were a little better at dealing with their own lives maybe if I'd gotten help sooner, or if I'd gotten different help, maybe if I didn't so fiercely cherish my secret, or if I were not such a good liar, or were not quite so empty inside ... maybe. — Marya Hornbacher

Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers. — Brian Tracy

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.") — Al McGuire