Forthrightness Speech Quotes & Sayings

I detest common heroes and moderate feelings, the sort that exist in real life — Gustave Flaubert

We have been brainwashed into craving a diet that is killing us. What we believe tastes good is generally what we have been socially conditioned to enjoy. — Jane Velez-Mitchell

American Heritage Dictionary: "The only rationale for condemning the construction is based on a false analogy with Latin. . . . In general, the Usage Panel accepts the split infinitive." Merriam-Webster Unabridged online dictionary: "Even though there has never been a rational basis for objecting to the split infinitive, the subject has become a fixture of folk belief about grammar. . . . Modern commentators . . . usually say it's all right to split an infinitive in the interest of clarity. Since clarity is the usual reason for splitting, this advice means merely that you can split them whenever you need to." Encarta World English Dictionary: "There is no grammatical basis for rejecting split infinitives. — Steven Pinker

We try to resist it by making things that will last - forever, we say - things that we don't have to wash, things that we don't have to iron. Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things. — Pema Chodron

By my makeup and temperament I wasn't really prey to physical desires. Everything happened in my head. — Anne Desclos

There is someone who is living my life. And I know nothing about him. — Luigi Pirandello

I have always found clowns really fascinating, especially on film. Even as a kid I was never scared of them. — Rob Zombie

It's clear to you immediately that you can have anything you want when you have cancer. — Kelly Corrigan

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure. — Princess Diana

Remember that there's no one way of doing things ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open. — Fred Armisen

And I know without being told that she killed herself. And I totally understand why. — Beth Revis