Geraten Perfekt Quotes & Sayings

Whatever the limits and travails we face, we want to retain the autonomy - the freedom - to be the authors of our lives. — Atul Gawande

You didn't loses something that means everything to you, you didn't take good care of it so it went a away — Ayah

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. — Confucius

When I was doing 'A Disappearing Number' in Plymouth, we had to go on an hour and a half late, and I still hadn't written an end, so we had to make one up, and then we had to go out literally with our pants round our ankles. — Simon McBurney

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion. — Elizabeth Peters

Often we wish to be exorcised of demons we ourselves have allowed house room. — Sheri S. Tepper

Anna: Ash, I don't have anything planned with my Mother ... She's dead.
Ashley: What?
Anna: She died when I was seven. She drowned. It's just my Dad and me. I didn't tell you before because I just wanted a fresh start here, because before I moved, everybody knew about it and ... I'm sorry.
Ashley: ... You're like a Disney Princess! — Jessi Kirby

Approach the goal you've set with a positive, grateful attitude, and your perception about the goal and the journey will feel less like work, and more like fun. — John Manning

I tried to drown my demons with whiskey, but I found out real devils can swim. — Billy O'Connor

I never wanted to be a star. — Sherry Stringfield

If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. — Tsunetomo Yamamoto

The allure of unthinking animal bliss is powerful; it always calls to us, in the same way as the edge of a cliff or the waves of the ocean: Jump. It is a necessary part of our natures, full of delight and danger in equal measure. Yet to the mind trained in language, taught to spy subtleties and take joy in them, such crude, baser matters can pale after a while. But there lies grave peril also: The propensity to empathize with pain expressed in words encourages a poet to avoid the real thing, and a too-passionate love of books can mew one in a cloister, putting up walls where there should be free range. I decided long ago - to keep myself sane amongst the illiterate and unthinking - that there would be poetry in my life. But there would also be fucking. I would have them both, but follow the sage advice of modern beer commercials and enjoy responsibly. — Kevin Hearne