Exquisitely Unremarkable Quotes & Sayings

And soon all our minds will be flat as a pancake,
With no room for genius exaltation or heartache.
And our children and theirs will preen, smirk and chatter,
With not even the sense to ask what is the matter. — Stevie Smith

The gathering of believers should be an opportunity for wonder, anticipation and imagination; not drudgery, duty or routine. — Ross Parsley

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. — Vernon Jordan

He who succeeds without books is in an inconsolable darkness, on a mountain without company, on a path without a crosier, in darkness without a guide. — Juan De Palafox Y Mendoza

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. — Arianna Huffington

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in. — Ray Conniff

I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my suppressed rage, that I am punctual only only to hide how little I care about other peoples time. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez