Gartered Hosiery Quotes & Sayings

We live messy lives and those who stop waiting for perfect are the ones who reach their goals. — Roni Noone

When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. — Harper Lee

It was one of those rare times of shared happiness, of perfect contentment. We had a feeling of expectation, that what was already wonderful would only get better and better as time went on. These moments are one of the rarest, most fragile things in the world. You have to seize the day; you have to recall all the rotten, dirty things you endured to earn this peace. You have to remember to enjoy each minute, each hour, because although you may feel like it's going to last forever, the world plans otherwise. You want to be grateful for every precious second, but you simply can't do it. It's not in human nature to live life to the fullest. Haven't your ever noticed that equal amounts of pain and joy are not, in fact, equal in duration? Pain drags on until you wonder if life will ever be bearable again; pleasure, though, once it's reached its peak, fades faster than a trodden gardenia, and your memory searches in vain for the sweet scent. — George Alec Effinger

The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it. — Wilhelm Steinitz

Stick with the nice boys ... bad boys don't bring you coffee in bed, I'll tell you that for free. — Liane Moriarty

Try to avoid falseness and strain. Write what you really know about. Make it new. Don't invent melodrama for the sake of it. Don't try to run, let alone fly, before you can walk with ease. — A.S. Byatt

Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars. — Buzz Aldrin

It is suggested that Ra will "eat of his daughter." Here, as elsewhere, it is indicated that Ra actually feeds on her substance.7 Maat, then, is a goddess whose existence would appear to consist of a perpetual giving of her substance in order that the divine powers can continue to function in an orderly and harmonious way. She is literally the bread by which Ra lives,8 and so by implication she is the food of all the gods, who are but the limbs of Ra. What better substance than truth could there be for the gods to feed on? — Jeremy Naydler

There's no emptiness in the life of a warrior. Everything is filled to the brim. Everything is filled to the brim, and everything is equal. — Carlos Castaneda

Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few. — Michael Moore

Life is not a destination; it is a journey. Faith makes everything possible. In order to succeed in life, we must first believe that we can. — Ilyasah Shabazz

If we all realized that we have limited time on Earth then we would not spend our time hating each other. — Avijeet Das