Jessamyn Duke Quotes & Sayings

To grow yourself, you must know yourself. — John C. Maxwell

Don't worry. You don't know enough to worry ... Who do you think you are that you should worry, for cryin' out loud. It's a total waste of time. It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation that it is, in fact, a form of hubris. — Terence McKenna

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies. — Robin Hobb

Ever try to have a conversation with someone on drugs? It just doesn't work ... — Frank Zappa

I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech. — Jim Jordan

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely. — Catherine Deneuve

Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here. — Karrie Webb

Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught ... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths. — Matthew Henry

Women find men attractive who are aggressive ... but later on, they get worried that that aggression, that alpha energy, is going to be turned back against them and their children. — Bryan Callen

Deandre gazed at her like she was the stars, and he was a mere astronomer, searching her face for the constellations, admiring the beauty that was there — Aishabella Sheikh

I bet he has a very nice penis. I bet it's glorious, like his stupid perfect face, and gorgeous eyes, and muscled body. I bet if he entered his penis in a competition, it would win "Best in Show" and he could walk around with a giant blue ribbon stuck to his crotch. — Leisa Rayven

Mrs. Heath wanted to sprinkle their minds with grass seed and watch the blades spike up through the earth, flat and predictable as a golf course. She wanted dependable students, well fed but not necessarily nourished. But he was not in that category. Admittedly, he could not count on his perceptions of letters and words, and he was not always accurate. He misused words most when he liked their sound. A sentence had a kind of music, and the word sounded right. The definitions were never as interesting as the sound they made coming out of your mouth. He rolled their flavors around on his tongue, tasting every nook and cranny, but he could not be trusted to deliver the right answer and she would never give him better than a C, no matter what genius work he produced. The way he saw it, his mind was a big unruly field of wildflowers. One day he would shower the world with blossoms. — Elizabeth Brundage

The purpose of computers is human freedom. — Ted Nelson

A tale can start in many ways. Thus, it is many tales, and at the same time each of these is but one way of telling the same story. — Juliet Marillier