Happy Endings Cocktails And Dreams Quotes & Sayings

Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we really need them? — George Carlin

The hippocampus is the structure where memory is supposedly controlled. It is the most plastic part of the brain; it is also the part that is assumed to absorb all the damage from repeated insults like the chronic stress we experience daily from small doses of negative feelings - as opposed to the invigorating "good stress" of the tiger popping up occasionally in your living room. You can rationalize all you want; the hippocampus takes the insult of chronic stress seriously, incurring irreversible atrophy. Contrary to popular belief, these small, seemingly harmless stressors do not strengthen you; they can amputate part of your self. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult. — Sara Shandler

Sheer dumb sentience. Here — Kim Stanley Robinson

The Democrats say we ought to give Barack Obama credit for trying. That sounds like the nonsense of giving every kid a trophy for showing up. Friends, we're talking about leading the country, not playing on a third-grade soccer team! I realize this is the man who got a Nobel Peace Prize for what he would potentially do, but in the real world, you get the prize for producing something, not just promising it. — Mike Huckabee

If you're rich you can buy books. If you're poor, you need a library. — John Kenneth Galbraith

I'm a football fan in general. I'm always pulling for a good game. — Holly Robinson Peete

The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result. — Sadaharu Oh

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within. — James Madison

No guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden. — Van Morrison

Do not shy away from the sensations I create, Cherry Blossom. Take pride in them, as I do. — Red Phoenix

Status symbols are poor excuses for values. — Mary Browne

Oh, God, help me! And I walked faster, my thoughts pursuing me, and I began to run, my frozen shoes squealing like mice, but running didn't help, the thoughts to the left and right and behind me. But as I ran, The Arm, that good left arm, took hold of the situation and spoke soothingly: ease up, Kid, it's loneliness, you're all alone in the world; your father, your mother, your faith, they can't help you, nobody helps anybody, you only help yourself, and that's why I'm here, because we are inseperable, and we'll take care of everything. — John Fante