Distension Of Abdomen Quotes & Sayings

There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence over government patronage. Legislation is required to establish the reform. No proper legislation is to be expected as long as members of Congress are engaged in procuring offices for their constituents. — Rutherford B. Hayes

Ohmigosh. No food at all." Tiara sank down on the sand as if the full weight of their predicament had finally hit her. She blinked back tears. And then that megawatt smile that belonged on cereal boxes across the nation reappeared. "I am going to be so superskinny by pageant time! — Libba Bray

Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings. — Jerry Saltz

One's vanity makes one vain. — Christian Hunt

In the last three years of racing I've met as many women fans as men fans, and in NASCAR it's the same thing. My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best. — Tim Allen

If anyone ever told five-year-olds the truth about life, he thought, there'd be a rash of kindergarten suicides. — P.J. Tracy

Guilt didn't put any butter on the bread of life. — Leonore Fleischer

What do you think of that? It's stopped raining."
I'm glad Jay." Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth. — Terri Farley

I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful. — Nicole Kidman

Forgetting is not easy, but remembering is worse. — Nurilla Iryani

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain part or persona. I'm not going to cut something out of my life because it's not 'my image.' I want to be open enough that if I love something, I can do it, and it will add to myself as an entertainer. — Tinashe

The ancient Greeks told of a philosopher eating bread and lentils for dinner. He was approached by another man, who lived sumptuously by flattering the king. Said the flatterer, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king, you would not have to live on lentils." The philosopher replied, "If you would learn to live on lentils, you would not have to give up your independence in order to be docile and acquiescent to the king. — John Robbins