Mammy And Son Quotes & Sayings

There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The passengers in our microbiome contain at least four million genes, and they work constantly on our behalf: they manufacture vitamins and patrol our guts to prevent infections; they help to form and bolster our immune systems, and digest food. — Michael Specter

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. — Diogenes

Do not cry," she said fiercely, but her own tears flowed. "Do not cry, Finnikin. For if we begin, our tears will never end. — Melina Marchetta

When we cut off access to certain parts of our cities to people on bikes or in wheelchairs, we're not only doing economic damage, we're also doing culture damage. New York is the culture capital of the world because people are running into each other on the street all the time. They are forced to engage in creativity and problem-solving. — Ben Sollee

Moving pictures have become one of the greatest revitalizing forces in race adjustment. — Oscar Micheaux

Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying. — Harry Anderson

I cut a loaf of bread, and there wasn't any bread, Is this an omen? — Miguel

THE FIRST THING THE WORLD KNEW ABOUT CHRISTIANS was that they ate together. — Rachel Held Evans

You have to create the space for the possibility of people speaking as they do. If writing is supposed to lead us in any way or educate or suggest other ways of being, it can't do so by simply reflecting what's considered to be realistic. — Lynne Tillman

Gold is gold everywhere, fungible and indifferent. But when a disk of gold is stamped by a coiner with certain pompous words and the picture of a King, it takes on added value
seigneurage. It has that value only in that people believe that it does
it is a shared phant'sy. — Neal Stephenson

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life. — Dan Buettner

Doubt was a luxury, according to her mother, and it was always better to act, however unsure you might be. — Lisa Moore

He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. — Eleanor Roosevelt

And that, as we've seen, seems consistent with our broader explanatory habits-with the observation that much of what
we say when we're explaining what we've done is confabulation: stories we've made up (though quite sincerely) for ourselves and in response to others. In short-to overstate the point only slightly-because people don't really know why they do what they do, they give explanations of their own behavior that are about as reliable as anyone else's, and in many circumstances actually less so.1a — Kwame Anthony Appiah