La Piovra Quotes & Sayings

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

You can cream your dream by enriching your thought with clean and desirable things. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Girls are better at this sort of labour, often called 'emotional labour', not because there's anything in the meat and matter of our living cells that makes us naturally better but because we're trained for it from birth. Trained to make other people feel good. Trained to serve the coffee, fill in the forms, organise the parties and wipe the table afterwards. Trained to be feisty, if we must, but not strong. To be bubbly, not funny. You must at no stage appear to have a body that functions in a normal human way, that pisses and shits and sweats and farts and falters. Decorate the prison of your body. Make yourself useful. Shut up and smile. — Laurie Penny

I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant. — Frances Moore Lappe

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible. — Debbie Gibson

His expression softened, which made Sterling's throat tighten just a little. "You've cannonballed into the deep end when you don't know how to swim, haven't you?"
Sterling looked at him solemnly and smiled. "Yes," he said. "Don't let me drown. — Jane Davitt

I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll cut the nails off. — Indra Nooyi

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence. — Nelson Mandela

Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

Political balance among the competing groups was unstable because the king had no permanent armed force at his command. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect? — Jodi Picoult

Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality. — Mark Batterson