Librada Avelino Quotes & Sayings

Very bad things follow when we kid ourselves that we're naturally rational, rather than the more humbling truth: naturally emotional. — Robert Webb

All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to do what we have been doing for eleven thousand years. — Michael Specter

So he tortured himself, fretting himself with such questions, and finding a kind of enjoyment in it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Eventually I confess to a friend some details about my weeping - its intensity, its frequency. She says (kindly) that she thinks we sometimes weep in front of a mirror not to inflame self-pity, but because we want to feel witnessed in our despair. (Can a reflection be a witness? Can one pass oneself the sponge wet with vinegar from a reed?) — Maggie Nelson

The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion — George Washington

Work hard for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt. — Sally Willard Burbank

The first teacher, the first kiss, and the first crime. I've always been hindered by my dislike for repetition. The first time you do anything, it's creative, but from then on it's just work. — Elizaveta Mikhailichenko

Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface ... — Charles Stross

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast. — Dean Koontz

I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear. — Stephenie Meyer

There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling. — Peter Banks

Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label. — Joyce Meyer