Institutionalism Public Policy Quotes & Sayings

Master Stanley used to tell me that what I was doing was nowhere near as important as the place within myself from where I was doing it. For example, a person could be teaching others out of a selfless motive, or out of a desire for power or glory: the former had a positive impact on the world, whereas the latter had a negative impact, even though the same identical teaching may have been imparted. "It's the spirit that's important," he would say. "It's even more important than the act. Going to work in a gas station and providing for your family out of love is more important than creating a mighty religious work out of a desire for glory or power. — Thom Hartmann

Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day I woke up and the band had gone home and I was lying in the broken glass with a shirt full of puke and I said, 'Hey, man, the ball game's up'. — Harry Crews

I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home. — Kristin Scott Thomas

I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends. — Cathy Freeman

I picked up her icy hand and carefully held it in my own. I didn't understand my need to touch her, to have a physical connection with her. — Melissa A. Hanson

What do you know about life? " Bitterness ached in her throat. " You were born with everything. You never had to struggle for a single thing you wanted, never had to worry if you'd be accepted or loved or wanted back."
He stared at her, grateful for the moment that she couldn't see that he'd spent nearly half of his life worrying that she, the single thing he wanted, would accept him, love him, and want him back. — Nora Roberts

I don't want a girl, or a woman, or a supermodel. I want you. — Nicole Williams

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. — Paulo Coelho

I am still raw.
I say I may be back.
You know what lies are for.
Even in your Zen heaven we shan't meet. — Sylvia Plath