Locutus Est Quotes & Sayings

I hated puberty. It had been that horrible stage from child hood, to pre teen, and my stage from ugly, to ugly with menstrual cramps. — Melissa Grijalva

Think of a time when you were angry, when someone said or did something that you didn't like, a time when you wanted to get even or you wanted to vent. Now, what if you had been able to stop, breathe deeply, and slow the process down? Right on the spot you could connect with natural openness. You could stop, give space, and empower the wolf of patience and courage instead of the wolf of aggression and violence. — Pema Chodron

I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes. — Michael Hutchence

Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics. — Scott Walker

Information is recorded in vast interconnecting networks. Each idea or image has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of associations and is connected to numerous other points in the mental network. — Peter Russell

I flash a fake smile of my own, refraining from telling her what I'm really thinking: that it's an unwise karmic move to go around feeling superior to other mothers. Because before she knows it, her little angel could become a tattooed teenager hiding joints in her designer handbag and doling out blow jobs in the backseat of her BMW. — Emily Giffin

By transporting Asian species to North America, and North American species to Australia, and Australian species to Africa, and European species to Antarctica, we are, in effect, reassembling the world into one enormous supercontinent - what biologists sometimes refer to as the New Pangaea. — Elizabeth Kolbert

I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks. — Kelly Reilly

I should be more vocal about the things I believe are doing us harm, but many years ago in my early twenties, I learned a bit of a lesson. I started to realise at that time the benefits of eating healthy food and drink. — Jasper Carrott

People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined. — Victoria Beckham

My message is, as it alway has been, moderation: meat as a main course on three days a week, eggs on one, fish on one other and some form of vegetarian meal on the rest constitute a perfectly acceptable, interesting and varied diet. — Delia Smith