Exiling Shower Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps the most overrated virtue in our list of shoddy virtues is that of giving. Giving builds up the ego of the giver, makes him superior and higher and larger than the receiver. Nearly always, giving is a selfish pleasure, and in many cases it is a downright destructive and evil thing. One has only to remember some of our wolfish financiers who spend two-thirds of their lives clawing fortunes out of the guts of society and the latter third pushing it back. It is not enough to suppose that their philanthropy is a kind of frightened restitution, or that their natures change when they have enough. Such a nature never has enough and natures do not change that readily. I think that the impulse is the same in both cases. For giving can bring the same sense of superiority as getting does, and philanthropy may be another kind of spiritual avarice. — John Steinbeck

The weariest nights, the longest days, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. — Emmuska Orczy

A well-written novel, the most immersive of all forms of storytelling, should command your full attention and belief. — Dave Morris

If you would wed, wed. If not, take your pleasure where you find it. There's little enough of it in this world. - Oberyn — George R R Martin

Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know? — Bindi Irwin

your eyes could inspire men to go to war, to paint works of art, to rip their goddamn heart out of their chest and offer it to you without a second thought . — Jay Crownover

As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column. — Regina Brett

I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television. — Rutina Wesley

Even if you run from making an important decision, you have already made one. — Matshona Dhliwayo