Metafilter Emotional Labor Quotes & Sayings

Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it. — Jeanne Gang

Whenever people in that part of the world asked Patterson about the wonders of America, the possibilities and the hope of America, Patterson would say that it was a good and fine place but all the Americans were running it into the ground and that it would be a far better place if it had no Americans. — Edward P. Jones

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Use lessons learned from failed attempts to reinforce commitment — Kamil Ali

To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you. — Erin Wasson

We talk so much about leaving a better planet to our kids, that we forget to leave better kids to our planet. — Gerry Burnie

You will never become rich, until you hate poverty — Mike Murdock

I have wondered about time all my life. — Stephen Hawking

The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction. — Christian Lous Lange

When Thorhall heard this he was so shocked that he could not speak a word. He sprang out of bed, snatched with both hands the spear that Skarp-Hedin had given him, and drove it deep into his own leg. The flesh and core of the boil clung to the blade as he gouged it out of his leg, and a torrent of blood and matter gushed across the floor like a stream. Then he strode from the booth without a limp, walking so fast that the messenger could not keep pace with him. — Anonymous

You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck. — Rumi

You only get one shot in this life. So let me do all the good I can for my fellow man. For I will not pass this way again. — Anonymous

I think everyone should follow their instincts, and go with what they feel, and follow their heart. — Jena Malone