Mainwaring Archive Foundation Quotes & Sayings

At least part of the reason I am a SNOOT is that for years my mom brainwashed us in all sort of subtle ways. Here's an example. Family suppers often involved a game: if one of us children made a usage error, Mom would pretend to have a coughing fit that would go on and on until the relevant child had identified the relevant error and corrected it. It was all very self-ironic and lighthearted; but still, looking back, it seems a bit excessive to pretend that your small child is actually denying you oxygen by speaking incorrectly. — David Foster Wallace

Personalization filters serve a kind of invisible autopropaganda, indoctrinating us with our own ideas, amplifying our desire for things that are familiar in leaving us oblivious to the dangers lurking in the dark territory of the unknown. — Eli Pariser

Anne Trenchard was a practical woman, and one of her chief virtues was that she did not linger over a disaster but sought, almost immediately, to remedy what could be remedied and to accept what could not. — Julian Fellowes

South Tampa is the polyp of land that dangles into Tampa Bay like a uvula. — Tim Dorsey

I appreciate recipes that tell you what can be changed and what must remain fixed. 'The Zuni Cafe Cookbook' by the late Judy Rodgers is superb at this. — Bee Wilson

Life is a wonderful teacher who teaches us every lesson about how to survive in this world. — Wiz Khalifa

Thank you, thief."
"You're welcome, my queen. — Megan Whalen Turner

He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone — Ernest Hemingway,

Just as the moon brought out the wolf in a werewolf, so alcohol brought this creature out of his dad. — John Ajvide Lindqvist

One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. — Robert Kiyosaki

American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse. — John Steinbeck

Maybe stories are just data with a soul. — Brene Brown

If you have become entangled in sin from poor choices, please decide to come back now. You know how to begin. Do it now. We love you. We need you. God will help you. — Richard G. Scott

Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established. — Ellen Key