Janelles Gluten Quotes & Sayings

The almost-35-year-old Terry Schmidt had very nearly nothing left anymore of the delusion that he differed from the great herd of the common run of men, not even in his despair at not making a difference or in the great hunger to have an impact that in his late twenties he'd clung to as evidence that even though he was emerging as sort of a failure the grand ambitions against which he judged himself a failure were somehow exceptional and superior to the common run's - not anymore, since now even the phrase Make A Difference had become a platitude so familiar that it was used as the mnemonic tag in low-budget Ad Council PSAs for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the United Way, which used Make a Difference in a Child's Life and Making a Difference in Your Community respectively, with B.B./B.S. even acquiring the telephonic equivalent of DIF-FER-ENCE to serve as their Volunteer Hotline number in the metro area. — David Foster Wallace

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. — Benjamin Franklin

All of the waves and waters hastened, suffering, towards goals, many goals, to the waterfall, to the sea, to the current, to the ocean and all goals were reached and each one was succeeded by another. The water turned into vapour and rose, became rain and came down again, became spring, brook and river, changed anew, flowed anew. — Hermann Hesse

Whoever invented karaoke is evil. They should be shot between the eyes with a dull bullet. — Emma Chase

People don't like getting older, but they do like changing. Staying the same is a kind of death. — Tommy Wallach

I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Tennis is a battle of the minds, just as much as it is a battle of playing ability. Trying to expose your opponent's weaknesses is one of the most vital and fascinating facets of tennis. — Sue Barker

The world is young: the former great men call to us affectionately. We too must write Bibles, to unite again the heavens and the earthly world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What about a man who sits down to wonder
Why life has cheated him?
Thinks about his situation
Hangs his head and cries
Will we pretend, his problems don't exist?
He's reaching out for help-will we selfishly resist?
What about your brother? He's crying
What about your brother? He's dying
What about your brother? — Mitch Albom

I owned him. I made this beautiful man gasp in my ear. His pleasure was mine, and my pain was his. — C.D. Reiss

I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret. — Lech Walesa

Writer Decartisms

Sci-Fi Writer:
I think, therefore it will be.

Romance Writer:
I don't think, hormones are in control.

Real Life Writer:
I don't think, it is what it is.

History Writer:
I thought, "What did they think?"

Philosphy Writer:
I think about what I think about and then I think about that.

X in a Nutshell Writer:
I think, "Hello World!"

Stock Market TV Channel Writer:
What do you think? — Kalifer Deil

When someone in privileged circumstances gets a bit bewildered or stymied or maybe stumbles, the light he sees things in will change. But seeing things in a different light doesn't mean he's changed his vantage point. — Soseki Natsume