Nikusha Shengelaias Parent Quotes & Sayings

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness. — Tobias Wolff

I never let my politics supersede my manners. — Darren Criss

I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me believe in the power of public education and what it can do for individuals and communities and the state. — Denise Juneau

The Thwaites lived on Central Park West in the upper Eighties, in a building that, while manifestly grand, particularly to someone from Ohio, was by no means the most elegant among its neighbors. Its lobby, for one thing, was little more than a wide corridor, with two drably upholstered wing chairs propped against a wall and, between them, a glass table upon which rested an elaborate but unaesthetic arrangement of silk flowers. The light in the corridor was greenish, dim and lavatorial, barely illuminating the shallowly carved figures that marched, in pseudo-Egyptian fashion, along the pink stone tiles as far as the elevator. The floor, incongruously, was of a black and white parquet, upon which all but the softest slippers echoed ominously. And the elevator itself - paneled, with brass fixtures and a single tiny red velvet stool, presumably for its operator's comfort - seemed again of a different, though no less ancient, era. — Claire Messud

Talk about beauty and you get boring answers, but talk about ugliness and things get interesting. — Rem Koolhaas

For years President Obama has been saying that no one would lose their healthcare plan. Now the White House has admitted that in fact many people will lose their plans. But there is a way to keep the great coverage you have. Just become a member of Congress. Then the taxpayers pay for the whole thing. — Jay Leno

I don't allow people of your sort to stand in my way. That's what you're leaving out of account. I'm having Christine because it's my right. Do you understand that? If I'm after something, I don't care what I do to make sure that I get it. That's the only law I abide by; it's the only was to get things in this world ... With me you just haven't a hope in hell. — Kingsley Amis

I feel like a Gold surrounded by Silver! — Carlos P. Romulo

I became somewhat reclusive during a period of time in the '80s. — Corey Hart

You have how many children in your family?" the teacher would ask. "I'm guessing you must be Catholic, am I right? — David Sedaris

Falling in love is like that: you always feel like a dumbass at some point, even if you know it's coming - it's unavoidable. — Kevin Hearne