Filosof A Definici N Quotes & Sayings

And she said it was a pity, because my father was so "keen", and what did I care about?
So I said, well, I was not quite sure, but on the whole I thought I liked having everything very tidy and calm all around me, and not being bothered to do things, and laughing at the kind of joke other people didn't think at all funny, and going for country walks, and not being asked to express opinions about things (like love, and isn't so-and-so peculiar?). So then she said, oh, well, didn't I think I could try to be a little less slack, because of Father, and I said no, I was I afraid I couldn't; and after that she left me alone. But all the others still said I was no good. — Stella Gibbons

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. — William James

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour. — Jose Marti

It's very simple," I said, my voice clipped and brusque. "His belt is for holding up his pants, binding me, and hurting me. His body, any part of it, is to give me pleasure and pain. If he gives any other woman either of those things with his body or any clothing accessory, it's cheating." I turned to him. "The fact that we were officially broken up notwithstanding. — C.D. Reiss

Perhaps a child, like a cat, is so much inside of himself that he does not see himself in the mirror. — Anais Nin

Listen to your fears, they are the doorway to your freedom. — Catherine Louise Birmingham

There is only one real comfort and it's not a feeling. It is the comfort of oneness. — John De Ruiter

Comedy and drama are both challenging to me. — Nicholas Lea

How can one expect a state of abundance to be everlasting? — Alfred Huang

A nation without borders is like a house without walls - it collapses. And that is what is going to happen to our wonderful America. — Jan Brewer

Don't invest in anything that you don't understand. Do your research first. — Paul Clitheroe

If you're going to be called a musicianship, you have to be able to play. — Warryn Campbell

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK. — Chuck Feeney

Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end. — Sebastian Junger

Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed. — David Duchovny