Jobbythehong Quotes & Sayings

Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew, forbidden books read secretively late at night. Teenage years reading -trying to read- books I'd heard were important, Naked Lunch, and The Fountainhead, Ulysses and Women in Love ... It was as though I had dreamt the perfect lover, who vanished as I woke, leaving me pining and surly. — Audrey Niffenegger

Inside accounts of Presidential advisory groups make it clear that the failure to express dissent can have direct, immediate, and severe consequences ... Because so much disagreement remains hidden, our beliefs are not properly shaped by healthy scrutiny and debate. The absence of such argument also leads us to exaggerate the extent to which other people believe the way we do. Bolstered by such a false sense of social support, our beliefs strike us as more resistant to subsequent logical and empirical challenge. — Thomas Gilovich

I worry about what I can control, and that's come out and improve every day, enjoy the process, count your blessings, and work extremely hard. — Tim Tebow

I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something. — Willie Mays

The breeding ground of fear is procrastination and inaction. We overcome them not by preparation, but by taking action. — Debasish Mridha

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness. — Malcolm X

You're so convinced you'll disappoint people if you show them that you're not perfect. You don't realize you are perfect. Your imperfections are what make you perfect. They make you you. That's what people love. It's what I love too. — Hilary Duff

So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church. — David Platt

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin

The fall of man did not introduce evil; it placed us on the wrong side of it, under its rule, needing rescue. — N.D. Wilson

Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country. — Mignon McLaughlin

twice-weekly Skype — Anonymous

If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking. — Michael Schur

The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock. — Barack Obama

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself. — Henry Rollins