Expando Foam Quotes & Sayings

Without metaphor the handling of general concepts such as culture and civilization becomes impossible, and that of disease and disorder is the obvious one for the case in point. Is not crisis itself a concept we owe to Hippocrates? In the social and cultural domain no metaphor is more apt than the pathological one. — Johan Huizinga

Decide what thoughts to dominate your mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Almost everyone believes that at some level birthmothers make a choice to give their babies away ... Adoption is rarely about mothers' choices; it is, instead, about the abject choicelessness of some resourceless women. — Rickie Solinger

The artist is not a reporter, but a Great Teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be. — H.L. Mencken

If I were to be any celebrity, I'd be Chris Martin. I've always wondered what it would be like to be jealous of Thom Yorke. — Thom Yorke

Let a kind word warm you when your thoughts turn cold — Marty Rubin

I'm going to come," he whispered, lips against her ear. "Deep, deep inside you. — Shelby Reed

In the mind of the ordinary peasant the Tsar was not just a kingly ruler but a god on earth. He thought of him as a father-figure who knew all the peasants personally by name, understood their problems in all their minute details, and, if it were not for the evil boyars who surrounded him, would satisfy their demands. Hence the peasant tradition of sending direct appeals to the Tsar. — Orlando Figes

I had lost my mind and fallen into my heart. — Dan Millman

My gosh, I love food. If I wasn't an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right now. — Hugh Jackman

Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime okay, but not quite. — Thea Harrison

He didn't know what he felt. For the first time in his life, his thoughts were a jumble, tossing and turning and writing over each other like an endlessly edited story. — Julia Quinn

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. — H.L. Mencken

The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on. — Bantu Holomisa

I decided to start from scratch, with a simple prayer: "Hi!" I said. Someone or something hears. I don't know much about its nature, only that when I cry out, it hears me and moves closer to me, and I don't feel so alone. I feel better. And I felt better that morning, starting over. No shame in that - Saint Augustine said that you have to start your relationship with God all over from the beginning, every day. Yesterday's faith does not wait for you like a dog with your slippers and the morning paper in its mouth. You seek it, and in seeking it, you find it. — Anne Lamott