Odd And Imperfect Quotes Quotes & Sayings

...he understood there was no way to escape Time, and that this moment he had been granted to watch as a child, which had never ceased to obsess him, was the moment of his own death. — Chris Marker

I spot a small cleft on his chin that should be awarded with a whole new set of definitions and adjectives. — A.A. Gupte

Mark's words crash on me like a tsunami. I am quaking inside, but my face is the epitome of peace. If I ever get that angry, I might rip something or someone into pieces and not sit seething like him. — A.A. Gupte

We're just a bubble in a boiling pot. — Jack Johnson

A neighbor is something that belongs to the stable world of home life, the thing that lives next door to you. — Rachel Cusk

She called my name.
She called me Mark.
I love it when someone uses my name at unexpected times. I don't know why. But, I just love it. — A.A. Gupte

I can't wait to get off the stage, because I've got some LifeSavers in my pocket and pineapple is next! — Mitch Hedberg

Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women's morality means that nothing else matters- not what we accomplish, not what we think, not what we care about and work for. Just if/how/whom we have sex with. That's all. — Jessica Valenti

You only need a heart full of grace — Martin Luther King Jr.

I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read. — Larry Wall

I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to lose that, I think, would be very bad, not just speaking as a scientist myself. I think it would be very bad for the morale of the whole country. — Chen-Ning Yang

The urge to transcend self-conscious selfhood is, as I have said, a principal appetite of the soul. — Aldous Huxley

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies. — Simone Weil

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women. — Victor LaValle

If you're just starting out in the workforce, the very best thing you can do for yourself is to get started in your workplace retirement plan. Contribute enough to grab any matching dollars your employer is offering (a.k.a. the last free money on earth). — Jean Chatzky

The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions. — Saul D. Alinsky

I walk away. I walk away from the voices, the shouts, the disappointment.
I walk away from my deceptions, my mistakes, my regrets. I walk away from all that I am supposed to be and all I cannot be. For all of it is a lie. — K.A. Tucker