Mudbone Quotes & Sayings

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. — Jared Diamond

The origin of superstition above given affords us a clear reason for the fact, that it comes to all men naturally, though some refer its rise to a dim notion of God, universal to mankind, and also tends to show, that it is no less inconsistent and variable than other mental hallucinations and emotional impulses, and further that it can only be maintained by hope, hatred, anger, and deceit; since it springs, not from reason, but solely from the more powerful phases of emotion. — Christopher Hitchens

First, I thought, almost despairing,
This must crush my spirit now;
Yet I bore it, and am bearing-
Only do not ask me how. — Heinrich Heine

Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Discipline has been a key factor to my success. — Rohan Bopanna

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. — Maya Angelou

One of the problems that people commonly have in their adult relationships if they have never received a firm commitment from their parents is the "I'll desert you before you desert me" syndrome. This syndrome will take many forms or disguises. One form was Rachel's frigidity. Although it was never on a conscious level, what Rachel's frigidity was expressing to her husband and previous boyfriends was, "I'm not going to give myself to you when I know damn well that you're going to dump me one of these days." For Rachel, "letting go," sexually or otherwise, represented — M. Scott Peck

Listen to her voice, don't look at her. — Ella Fitzgerald