Lugubriously Def Quotes & Sayings

Who says I'm vain?" "The comparison: your friend isn't. But I'm sorry for her, vanity is a resource. If you're vain you pay attention to yourself and your affairs. — Elena Ferrante

When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts. — Saadi

There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. I'll carry them for the rest of my days. — Carol Rifka Brunt

Nothing comes easy, and if you want to be safe your entire life, you can miss out on the things that make it worth living. — R.E. Blake

Every child has to raise itself.' Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. — Anne Frank

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything. — Jane Austen

I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game. — Jack Nicklaus

The genome could be thought of as a kind of piano with twenty-five thousand keys. In some cases, a few keys may be out of tune, which can cause the music to sound wrong. In others, if one key goes dead the music turns into a cacophony, or the whole piano self-destructs. — Richard Preston

I know I'm not the only one whose life is a conditional clause

hanging from something to do with spring and one tall room
and the tremble of my phone.

I'm not the only one that love makes feel like a dozen

flapping bedsheets being ripped to prayer flags by the wind. — Noah Warren

When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws

Pride goeth before destruction," he quoted, "and a haughty spirit before a fall. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The World Health Organization recently published some data showing that each overweight person causes and additional one tonne of CO2 to be emitted every year. With one billion people overweight around the world-of whom at least 300 million are obese-that's an additional one billion tonnes. — Jonathon Porritt

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat — Theodore Roosevelt

Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe. — Gotye

I highly recommend reading this book, and applying the NVC process it teaches. It is a significant first step towards changing our communication and creating a compassionate world. — Arun Manilal Gandhi