Masetti James Quotes & Sayings

What causes misery is always trying to get away from the facts of life, always trying to avoid pain and seek happiness - this sense of ours that there could be lasting security and happiness available to us if we could only do the right thing. — Pema Chodron

In all the relations of life and death, we are met by the color line. — Frederick Douglass

A complying memory has obliterated many of them and edited my childhood down to a brief cinematic blur. — V.S. Naipaul

Curiosity lights a fire;
wisdom illuminates it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch. — Sandra Postel

The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore. — Art Donovan

Economics works great for planning your life when you don't have a work passion, since we tend to assume that your job delivers only money and you trade off job hours with leisure hours. If you think your job will just be a job, pick one that pays well per hour and leaves you some time off, even if the activity of the job is boring. — Emily Oster

The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love in following the single woman; the poetry of religion in worshipping the single star. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat, we like nice clothes, and we've got cash. — Camryn Manheim