Gaudencia At Yorkys Quotes & Sayings

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure, — Margaret Thatcher

I feel as if my life had grown more outward when I can express it. — Henry David Thoreau

Every age but ours has had its model, its ideal. All of these have been given up by our culture; the saint, the hero, the gentleman, the knight, the mystic. About all we have left is the well-adjusted man without problems, a very pale and doubtful substitute. — Abraham H. Maslow

Living in the modern world, clothed and muffled, forced to convey our sense of our bodies in terms of remote symbols like walking sticks and umbrellas and handbags, it is easy to lose sight of the immediacy of the human body plan. — Margaret Mead

The essence of life is the sharing of our perceptions of it with each other. — Al Cash

It wasn't hard to find such data. For example, between 1948 and 1954, psychologists asked more than 10,000 adolescents whether they considered theymselves to be a very important person. At that point, 12 percent said yes. The same question was revisited in 1989, and this time it wasn't 12 percent who considered themselves very important, it was 80 percent of boys and 77 percent of girls. Psychologists have a thing called the narcissism test. They read people statements and ask if the statements apply to them. Statements such as "I like to be the center of attention ... I show off if I get the chance because I am extraordinary ... Somebody should write a biography about me." The median narcissism score has risen 30 percent in the last two decades. Ninety-three percent of young people score higher than the middle score just twenty years ago.4 The largest gains have been in the number of people who agree with the statements "I am an extraordinary person" and "I like to look at my body. — David Brooks

Which is the more believable of the two, Moses or China? — Blaise Pascal

Children don't get cheaper when they turn six. — Chris Bowen

I love her more than just a little. I think it's because we're both somewhat broken, in our own odd ways. More importantly, we're both aware of it. — Patrick Rothfuss

Walt Disney believed in himself instead of worrying what others were saying. — Chris Brogan

The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past on the walls of the gym. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Hermione and Ron, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. — Gabrielle Zevin

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream. — Vincente Minnelli

You got amphetamine eyes. — Rod Stewart