Gerrit Smith Abolitionist Quotes & Sayings

I don't need a protector, okay?" I breathed.
"I'm trying my fucking hardest here, Beautiful. — Kimberly Lauren

Family gatherings were ... um, let's see, what's the word I'm looking for? ... Hell. They were hell. Being the middle child, I served and referee and confidante, hostess and martyr. Did I feel we should get together once in a while? Sure. Did I want my family all together? Theoretically, yes. In reality, dear God, no. — Kristan Higgins

Tennis is a 100-mph chess match. — Gabriela Sabatini

I told him last Monday that I felt the way things were going it was unlikely that I would be able to vote for the legislation. — Lucinda Creighton

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing generations of our families, think of our grandchildren and of those yet unborn, whose faces are coming from beneath the ground. — T. S. Eliot

Intentions are ambitious liars. — Jon Acuff

If a stranger saying we are "dependable" activates the reward system, imagine what praise from a boss, a parent, or even an unaccomplished slightly older graduate student will do. Of course, we all know that praise is a good thing, as long as it isn't too unconditional, but until very recently, we had no idea that praise taps into the same reinforcement system in the brain that enables cheese to help rats learn to solve mazes. And positive social regard is a renewable resource. Rather than having less of something after using it, when we let others know we value them, both parties have more. — Matthew D. Lieberman