Explicate Synonym Quotes & Sayings

...writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the spot where we stand. — Rob Bignell, Editor

A Christmas tree
the perfect gift for a guy. The plant is already dead. — Jay Leno

Dead folks use plastic! When in doubt, throw it out! Please use the bathroom appointed for your gender and mortality! — Lia Habel

Church must not be the goal of the gospel anymore. Church should not be the focus of our efforts or the banner we hold up to explain what we're about. Church should be what ends up happening as a natural response to people wanting to follow us, be with us, and be like us as we are following the way of Christ. (The Tangible Kingdom by Halt and Smay) — Jen Hatmaker

Not gonna bind ya or break ya, old spirit. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears. — Jim Butcher

It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it. — Lata Mangeshkar

Originality brings more bumps in the road, yet it leaves us with more happiness and a greater sense of meaning. — Adam Grant

I had gone to a talent show - I was interested in American hip-hop music - with my older brother, to another town, and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful. — Ishmael Beah

Demon summoning wasn't illegal, but my foot in their gut a couple of times might convince them it was a really bad idea. — Kim Harrison

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned? — Guy Ritchie

A sous-chef with dreams of her own restaurant empire may have mastered the art of classical French sauce making, but not yet have developed the signature cooking style she imagines as the cornerstone of her own chain of restaurants. She gauges her progress not only by whether she is moving toward her aspirations, but also by her improving skills. Our chef may not yet have the stature of Chef Auguste Escoffier or Emeril Lagasse, but she can remember a time when she could not name the five French mother sauces, let alone execute them. She's made progress. Appreciating the skills she has developed is a marker along the path toward her culinary aspirations. The sense of accomplishment that accompanies improved skills is one of the rewards we reap when we dedicate ourselves to mastery. — Marian Deegan