Enculturated Lens Quotes & Sayings

If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent. — Lee Kuan Yew

I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them. — Chuck Palahniuk

That once people decided what they thought of you, that was it. You'd been judged. You got a stamp on your forehead that you could never wash off. — Chelsea M. Cameron

When entitlement's poison begins to infect our hearts, gratitude is the antidote. — Kristen Welch

Man does not drift into goodness ... the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination. — William George Jordan

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think that's dreadful. — Bret Stephens

People become successful the minute they decide to. — Harvey MacKay

It doesn't matter if a character is a lawyer, a cop or a geography teacher. If there's a story in there, where the character has a passion and a fire in his belly and story to tell, then it's enough for an actor to get excited about. — Clive Standen

Natural plant foods, though usually carbohydrate-rich, also contain protein and fats. On average, 25 percent of the calories in vegetables are from protein. Romaine lettuce, for example, is rich in both protein and essential fatty acids, giving us those healthy fats our bodies require. For more information about essential fats and the protein content of vegetables and various other foods, see chapter five. — Joel Fuhrman

It is a thought as sweet as heaven to know that in the minds of each of us the may by the fence still blooms in an eternal springtime; that the snowdrop has in our hearts a triple birth, and blooms in three separate minds, faultlessly ... So that if all the flowers and grasses and hollows and hills of the old house were razed and mutilated - as they are now, I suppose - we keep them intact in three minds, each depending on the other to supply it with the delicate minutiae of remembrance. — Eve Langley

There is nothing sadder than sitting in a car and having absolutely nowhere to go. — Jonathan Tropper

Turner screeches for me in full on devil mode. There are no angels here. We are all full of sin and it is beautiful. — C.M. Stunich

What's wrong with you? I look at you
and I find nothing in you but two eyes
like all eyes, a mouth
lost among a thousand mouths that I have kissed, more beautiful,
a body just like those that have slipped
beneath my body without leaving any memory. — Pablo Neruda

I'm sorry, Ben," Tori soothed, her hand cupping his shoulder as she blotted the excess wetness from his nape with a towel and waited for the liquor to evaporate. "I'm almost done." Too bad. He was rather enjoying her fussing over him. Well, except for the excruciating pain. Tori had never voluntarily touched him. Soothed him. Murmured his name in the affectionate tone usually reserved solely for Lewis. Getting kicked in the head seemed to have advanced his wooing. He could live with temporary pain if it helped him claim a permanent hold on the woman he loved. Yet — Karen Witemeyer