Lacunes Quotes & Sayings

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful. — Dale Evans

A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut). — Frank Mankiewicz

Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country. — S.A. Tawks

Would you be known by everybody? Then you know nobody. — Publilius Syrus

While the impressionists make a table to give one particular moment and subordinate the life of the table to its resemblance to this moment, we synthesize every moment (time, place, form, color-tone) and thus build the table. — Umberto Boccioni

Certainty is usually a sign of pathology. — B.W. Powe

Learn from my mistakes," she said.
Learn what? Elena wondered. Avoid men? Avoid love? Avoid radiologists who buy movie-replica lightsabers? — Rainbow Rowell

Some people see the glass as half-empty, while others see it as half-full. But Jones stares at it and tries to figure out who drank the damn water. — Chris Kuzneski

We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high. — Michelle Obama

Sex as the vital antagonist to death - isn't the orgasm the primal spark of life? I know of many instances in which sexual feelings arise in order to neutralize fears of death. — Irvin D. Yalom

Any fool can see what's there. You need to see what is not there. — Brian Staveley