Mncmd Quotes & Sayings

Only mediocrity escapes criticism. — John Steinbeck

As teenagers, we all see ourselves as outsiders ... and it's very easy to look at other people who are more popular, who have more pocket money, and it makes you feel even more like an outsider, and it does shape who you become as a person. — Maggie Stiefvater

Language allows us to talk about the past and plan the future. We can teach children about things that are not present. And above all, we can bring people with different backgrounds and different knowledge together to discuss our problems. This actually gives me hope. I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home. — Jane Goodall

See the Divinity in others and you will find it within yourself. — Ka Chinery

She meant that they'd never used words like "separation" and "divorce" even in their worst screaming matches. They yelled things like, "You're infuriating!" "You don't think!" "You are the most annoying woman in the history of annoying women!" "I hate you!" "I hate you more!" and they always, always used the word "always," even though Clementine's mother had said you should never use that word in an argument with your spouse, as in, for example, "You always forget to refill the water jug!" (But Sam did always forget. It was accurate.) — Liane Moriarty

The trouble with us is that we try to find happiness where it does not exist, in transient, impermanent things; we try to find it in the gratification of desire; we seek it in animal pleasure. Happiness lives in giving, in doing, not in getting, in grasping. — Orison Swett Marden

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest. — Tommy Wiseau

Polarities of the 'authentic' vs. the 'inauthentic' are easily discernible in recreational modes. The criteria of authenticity are not necessarily objective but rather have to do with the rules by which the self allows or disallows its own experience. — Walker Percy

Expect to succeed even before you start. All winners, no matter what their game, start with the expectations that they are going to succeed. Winners say, "I want to do this and I CAN do this", not "I would like to do this, but I don't think I can." — Denis Waitley

Sometimes I just walk through; I just show up, as in The Other Sister. — Hector Elizondo

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything. — Terry Goodkind

Looks like what drives me crazy Don't have no effect on you
But I'm gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too. — Langston Hughes

If I look at you" - he pointed to a very old woman who seemed to be teetering in her chair on the far left-hand end of the first row - "and I see not woman, not person, but piece of the energy of God, the same energy that is inside me, how can I hurt you? How can I able to think bad on you? No. You see?" The — Roland Merullo

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof. — Kristen Stewart