Occupazione Capitol Quotes & Sayings

On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession. — Iman

I've tried to imagine how she'd feel knowing that her cells went up in the first space missions to see what would happen to human cells in zero gravity, or that they helped with some of the most important advances in medicine: the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization. I'm pretty sure that she - like most of us - would be shocked to hear that there are trillions more of her cells growing in laboratories now than there ever were in her body. — Rebecca Skloot

It was no waste of time. You learned. You grew. You'll do better next time. — Toni Sorenson

A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world. — John Carlin

People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a smart car and go on exotic foreign holidays. It's up to you. — Mark Barrowcliffe

The pains we inflict upon ourselves hurt most most of all. — Sophocles

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith

Could you get O positive this time? That's my favorite. — Heather Brewer

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept - our own selves - that we love. — Fernando Pessoa

But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I think there's every reason to believe things can settle out in a situation that is recognizably better than the one we're stuck in today. — K. Eric Drexler

Results for Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car. — Will Stanton

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things others do. — Matthew Tobin Anderson

Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world. — Milla Jovovich

You might be a redneck if you've ever stood in line to get your picture taken with a freak of nature. — Jeff Foxworthy