Midges Insects Quotes & Sayings

Of course [I'm a feminist]. And everyone I know is a feminist. — Chelsea Clinton

The problem with normal was that normal had been shot through. Normal wasn't possible. Normal hadn't even been that great. — Anonymous

Sometimes, all you can do is watch things burn, and wait for the ash to settle. — Jodi Picoult

Freudian psychoanalytical theory is a mythology that answers pretty well to Levi-Strauss's descriptions. It brings some kind of order into incoherence; it, too, hangs together, makes sense, leaves no loose ends, and is never (but never) at a loss for explanation. In a state of bewilderment it may therefore bring comfort and relief ... give its subject a new and deeper understanding of his own condition and of the nature of his relationship to his fellow men. A mythical structure will be built up around him which makes sense and is believable-in, regardless of whether or not it is true. — Peter Medawar

He has shamed me, and he'll kill me, but he shan't humble me. — Norah Lofts

Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty.
-Percy — Rick Riordan

You ain't gotta go to church to find your God. — Jay-Z

It would be a great mistake to suppose that it is sufficient not to become personal yourself. For by showing a man quite quietly that he is wrong, and that what he says and thinks is incorrect - a process which occurs in every dialectical victory - you embitter him more than if you used some rude or insulting expression. Why is this? Because, as Hobbes observes, all mental pleasure consists in being able to compare oneself with others to one's own advantage. - Nothing is of greater moment to a man than the gratification of his vanity, and no wound is more painful than that which is inflicted on it. Hence such phrases as "Death before dishonour," and so on. — Arthur Schopenhauer

It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart. — Anne Lamott

Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story — Lee Trevino

We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like publishers were being forced to go to more and more extreme lengths to monetize through advertising. — Kathryn Minshew

The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

French is the language that turns dirt into romance. — Stephen King

Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy. — Giannina Braschi

When there are wars within us, it will not be long before we are at war with others, even those we love. — Thich Nhat Hanh