Lumations Quotes & Sayings

How still,
How strangely still
The water is today,
It is not good
For water
To be so still that way.

~ "Sea Calm — Langston Hughes

People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When I discovered punk, I bought into it. That look, combined with being fat, made me even less of what people thought a young woman should be. — Alison Moyet

We can never untangle all the woes in other people's lives. We can't produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart. — Barbara Johnson

Impatience is best handled by allowing an indefinite time for the job, particularly new jobs that require unfamiliar techniques; by doubling the allotted time when circumstances force time planning; — Robert M. Pirsig

Sure, genetics do play a role in alcoholism. You're more likely to be an alcoholic if one or both of your parents are also alcoholics. But that's just one part of the equation; the other part is your behavior. You can't become an alcoholic if you never take a drink. So if you know you're predisposed to addiction because you have a family history, then just don't get started, and you'll never find yourself on that path. — Gaby Rodriguez

My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small. — Alanna Ubach

I love him (Muse) too much, and you can't hurt someone that you love that much ... unless you're family. — Jack White

The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter. — Mose Allison

All your personalities are absolute cover-ups, hiding your individuality. — Rajneesh

I grew up wearing black arm-bands when the hunger strikers died. I went on those marches. I grew up basically a Provo, though I never obviously got into any activities. I was writing 'IRA, Brits out' on walls all over where I grew up, but that was a false sense of Irishness. — Glen Hansard

On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon