Ilardi Depression Quotes & Sayings

They congratulated themselves and went back out to their sodas and Chex mix, leaving me in front of the mirror, a toddler's fussed-over Barbie abandoned in the sandbox. I blinked back my tears and forced myself to look in the mirror. Looking — Janet Fitch

Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour. — Jason Statham

If God had commanded Noah to build an ark for consumer goods instead of animals - and if Noah had been a drunken paranoiac - his ark might have resembled this apartment. — John Wray

Maybe it's okay to still be a kid every once in a while. — Rick Riordan

Begin accepting the gift now, and have every beautiful and good thing in life - and then share. — Bryant McGill

Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out. — Norman Rockwell

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans. — Beth Moore

always thought bringing a gun to a fistfight was just a good way to end up shot, instead of punched. — E.J. Wesley

Politics is a thing that only the unsophisticated can really go for. — Kingsley Amis

THE SUN TOUCHED HER FACE LIKE THE SOFTEST CARESS. — Laura Ruby

I know that in many things I am not like others, but I do not know what I really am like. Man cannot compare himself with any other creature; he is not a monkey, not a cow, not a tree. I am a man. But what is it to be that? Like every other being, I am a splinter of the infinite deity, but I cannot contrast myself with any animal, any plant or any stone. Only a mythical being has a range greater than man's. How then can man form any definite opinions about himself?. — Carl Jung

Watching television is another high-risk situation. This might seem counterintuitive, since people often look to TV as an escape - something to take their mind off things. But here's the problem: Most programs are simply not interesting or engaging enough to fully occupy the mind, so it's all too easy for our thoughts to wander off when we're sitting in front of the tube. Add to this the fact that depression impairs our ability to concentrate - including the ability to stay focused on a TV program - and it's no surprise that watching television is often a recipe for disaster. It's one of the most effective ways to usher in an extended bout of rumination. — Steve Ilardi

I suppose if a band is like a gang, it is a moment in time. — Roddy Woomble

Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction. — Bertrand Russell

There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of. — John Cleese