Guffanti Cheeses Quotes & Sayings

Self-control is an exhaustible resource. This is a crucial realization, because when we talk about "self-control," we don't mean the narrow sense of the word, as in the willpower needed to fight vice (smokes, cookies, alcohol). We're talking about a broader kind of self-supervision. Think of the way your mind works when you're giving negative feedback to an employee, or assembling a new bookshelf, or learning a new dance. You are careful and deliberate with your words or movements. It feels like there's a supervisor on duty. That's self-control, too. — Chip Heath

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK. — Tana French

the fact is that the only difference between a rut and a grave is about five feet. — Claire Middleton

If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. Its something we should live to the full, to the end of our days. Where if you're religious and you believe in another life somehow, that means you don't live this life to the full because you think you're going to get another one. That's an awfully negative way to live a life. Being a atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily and fully — Richard Dawkins

America is a very seductive place in terms of lifestyle and comfort, but it wasn't for me. — Bill Bryson