Lothering Quotes & Sayings

I'm happy to start on one topic and end on another one entirely, as long as it's funny. — Dave Barry

Roosevelt got a chance to name an amazing nine justices of the Supreme Court. He was not namby-pamby on this question. He wanted people who shared his views, he wanted liberals, and he wanted lots of them. — Noah Feldman

One of the nice things about being me is you show up in a town, you meet somebody interesting and entertaining, and for 48 hours, what a wonderful person to be around. You mess around, and all of that is super, super fun, and you don't have to deal with the long-term consequences of it. — Guy Branum

So, your best defense is knowledge. It really is power, as they say ... The more you know, the more easily you will develop your own philosophies about child rearing. When you have your facts straight, and when you have a parenting plan, you will be able to respond with confidence to those who are well-meaning but offering contrary or incorrect advice. — Elizabeth Pantley

My own feeling is that human happiness is a very random thing, and bestows itself willy-nilly, and there's not much deserving about the matter. — Orson Scott Card

Free me as free is the forest fire, as is the thunder that laughs aloud and hurls defiance to darkness. — Rabindranath Tagore

Housework was comforting. In cleaning and restoring a room, one could assert control. One could even pretend, briefly, that life could be tidied the same way. — Robin Hobb

If you can imagine the area and the land in Cambodia, I mean there are hardly any roads in big parts of the country. The roads they have, in the rainy season, become just mud. So, if you're somebody that has just one leg, or blind with no arms and you have children and you're trying to work, and earn some money, and take care of your home, it's hard enough to be a parent and do all of that normally. — Angelina Jolie

I wish I could say I will take no pleasure in this, but if my husband has taught me anything, it's to be unapologetic. — Karina Halle

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I do believe in soulmates and happy/successful marriages. No marriage can be happy 24x7 for 365 days. Both partners have to make the relationship work, is what I believe in. — Kajol

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We must seek to behold the greatness of our God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

On one of the right-side-up pages show wrote, with some difficulty, Know what roots know: there is only one tree. — Katherine Catmull

Man creates what he calls history as a screen to conceal the workings of the apocalypse from himself. — Northrop Frye