Grokked In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

In many ways the world is nothing but a pile of shit. But it can also be very beautiful. — Stephen King

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do. — Arlene Croce

money is not the goal so much as what you can buy with it. — Vadim Zeland

Find light in the beautiful sea. I choose to be happy. — Rihanna

Pleasures and pains must have been evolved as the subjective accompaniment of processes which are respectively beneficial or injurious to the organism, and so evolved the purpose or to the end that the organism should seek the one and shun the other. — George John Romanes

I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period. — Susan Holloway Scott

A politician discussing his religion now refers to himself as a "person of faith," which tells you more about the politician's balls than it does about his soul. He doesn't have enough of the former to call himself "religious," because that leads to the question of which religion and why he chooses to follow it and not one of the dozens of others, or none of them at all. Such questions cause actual thought to break out, something that all modern politicians endeavor to avoid. — Charles P. Pierce

THE EMPRESS LO was not beautiful but she was ambitious and, sometimes, ambition can take you further than beauty. The women of the court never wondered how she got this far because as all women know, the rise to power is relatively simple ~ especially if it is a man who has control. ~ from the Three Lives of Empress Lo. Forthcoming. — Hope Barrett

Saunders laughed, a short, breathless sound that did not quite convey amusement, and did the reasonable thing: looked back at his paper. — Joe Hill

This little life has its duties that are great-that are alone great, and that go up to heaven and down to hell. — Thomas Carlyle

As I see it, I am not just in charge of food service; I am in charge of morale. — Chip Heath