Mlad Sheldon Online Quotes & Sayings

That meddling in other people's affairs ... formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention. — T. S. Eliot

I've been watching you drink," he says. "Think it's a good idea to put your liver through this?"
"What are you the public service message fairy?"
"Just being polite."
"Well I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you, sir, have taken the being polite thing too far. Why don't you just ask me out already so I can refuse and you can leave me the fuck alone? — Sam Hunter

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do. — Henry Drummond

I like the idea of contained emotion because I grew up most of my life feeling that way. As an adolescent, people would always say I was not expressive, and they always made the mistake of thinking that I didn't feel anything because I didn't react to things. — Shaun Tan

The data are not easy to come by, but a mid 1940s study by the US Rural Electrification Authority reports that, with the introduction of the electric washing machine and electric iron, the time required for washing a 38 lb load of laundry was reduced by a factor of nearly 6 (from 4 hours to 41 minutes) and the time taken to iron it by a factor of more than 2.5 (from 4.5 hours to 1.75 hours).2 Piped water has meant that women do not have to spend hours fetching water (for which, according to the United Nations Development Program, up to two hours per day are spent in some developing countries). Vacuum cleaners have enabled us to clean our houses more thoroughly in a fraction of the time that was needed in the old days, when we had to do it with broom and rags. — Ha-Joon Chang

I only hope that when I am free,
as they are free to go in quest,
of the knowledge beyond the bounds of life,
it may not seem better to me to rest. — Robert Frost

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star. — Meshell Ndegeocello

Ever's a long time. — Cormac McCarthy

Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness. — William Wordsworth

I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers. — Dan Bucatinsky

You can only manage to convince a person to admit to being wrong, not ignorant, arrogant, or stupid. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

potential to reap the stuff of heaven on the stuff of earth. Therefore, we can rest assured God and Satan are both vying for — Beth Moore

I prefer being a small fish in a big pond. — Stacy Keibler