Furthest Thing From Perfect Quotes & Sayings

Too much twee emotional expression--too many claims like, "Everything is awesome," or "I just never really feel angry or upset," or "If you're just positive, you can turn that frown upside down,"--often masks real pain and hurt. These behaviors are as much red flags as brooding and anger are....Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark. — Brene Brown

My mother and father used to take me to church in Mexico and Texas, wer I used to live. The huge figures of saints and crucifixions. Religion played a big role in my life. — Richard Ramirez

If you go to Madison Square Garden, you better have your A game ready, because here goes the thing, they love boxing. They either like you, or they don't like you. They're either cheering for you, or they're cheering for you to die ... They want you to kill, or be killed. — Roy Jones Jr.

Let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she will come. — William Shakespeare

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society. — James Baldwin

Haie looked round once again and said wrathfully, satisfied and rather mysteriously: Revenge is black-pudding. — Erich Maria Remarque

There was a time when I was offered two episodes of 'Alias,' that show with Jennifer Garner which J.J. Abrams did back before he became the mega producer and super successful director. I instead decided I wanted to play this family guy on a short-lived UPN 'Second Time Around.' It starred Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker. — Ian Anthony Dale

Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture. — Tavis Smiley

One of the most important thing is that you need to write down your goals and plans — Sunday Adelaja

You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting. — Rainbow Rowell

[ ... ] it is not easy to talk [ ... ] religion to men who measure excellence by forbidden meats [ ... ] — Richard Francis Burton

I'm a one-nation Tory. — Boris Johnson

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light. — John Milton

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair. — Andrew Motion

I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck. — Al Alvarez