Glummest Quotes & Sayings

We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive. — Pat Barker

He underlines the solemn truth that even in the highest religious positions men may degenerate into crass materialists living only for today. Proximity to sacred things does not of itself make a man holy. A sacred office may not give rise to sacred thoughts and a godly life. — Leslie Hardinge

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience. — Ernst Mach

A man without a wife is like a house without a roof."
- Abdulazeez Henry Musa. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

He was now in the business of hoarding pleasure. — Erin Kellison

Our reflection of action occurs in different contexts which may influence us to shape our accounts in different ways for different audiences - our colleagues, supervisor, trainers or examiners. Wwe story our lives in ways that give human meaning and purpose to our endeavors, and these stories in turn shape and guide our future actions. — Jacqui Stedmon

It seems to me that the real problem is the mind itself, and not the problem which the mind has created and tries to solve. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I've always loved to help people, young people in particular. — Iris Apfel

We cannot say this or that trouble will not befall, yet we may, by the help of the Spirit, say, Nothing that does befall will make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian. — Richard Sibbes

At my glummest, I sometimes think women get to chose- between being punished for being unsubjugated and the continual punishment of subjugation. — Rebecca Solnit

If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned. — Paula Radcliffe