Giddiness Causes Quotes & Sayings

I think a single sentence by Van Gogh is better than the whole work of all the art critics and art historians put together. — John Olsen

Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to realize that foxes shouldn't be relied on to guard henhouses. — Jane Jacobs

Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture. — Terry Pratchett

Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication. — Maya Angelou

Dr. Luce introduced the concept of "periphescence". The word itself means nothing; Luce made it up to avoid any etymological associations. The state of periphescence, however, is well known. It denotes the first fever of human pair bonding. It causes giddiness, elation, a tickling on the chest wall, the urge to climb a balcony on the rope of the beloved's hair. Periphescence denotes the inital drugged and happy bedtime where you sniff your lover like a scented poppy for hours running. (It lasts, Luce explained, up to two years
tops.) — Jeffrey Eugenides

I'm not opposed to success. — Greg Boyle

Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want to be different from everyone else. So the question is: How do you reconcile these opposing longings? — E.L. Konigsburg

Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. — James Buchan

When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang. — Terry Pratchett

Writing is a difficult thing. — Scott Thompson

Because if taken in excess, it causes giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence,' said Slughorn. 'Too much of a good thing, you know . . . highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very occasionally . . . — J.K. Rowling

What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn. — Jim Trelease

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use — Emma Thompson

We all have one, in one form or another. To me, this dragon is both the wild nature of ourselves and our conscience in his embodiment of the Old Code ethical behavior and morality. At the same time, he's our unconscious, the place from which our dreams arise. I just spoke my lines to the dragon within me. — Dennis Quaid

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world. — Karen Mills

If I had Aladdin's lamp and the usual three wishes, the first would always be, 'Give me the first day of June. — Gladys Taber