Oddesse Quotes & Sayings

As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body's needs are few: it wants to be free from cold, to banish hunger and thirst with nourishment; if we long for anything more we are exerting ourselves to serve our vices, not our needs. — Seneca.

Instead of feeling an urge to fix the problem or make amends, punishment prompts a child to think selfishly. What television shows will she be forced to miss? What dessert will she have to give up? She's likely to be filled with resentment instead of remorse. — Joanna Faber

I've always had a tendency to be much more optimistic about people than I should be. I'd like to be a little shrewder. — Evan Williams

The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's what's smart and what's right." - Molly in the Night Gardener — Jonathan Auxier

We have got to be a hell of a lot more aggressive. — Richard Shelby

I'm fascinated by the idea of disparate, difficult people learning to trust each other when they're thrust into hellish circumstances. — Sharon Shinn

I should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right? — Sarah Addison Allen

There is a word SILENT, which means khaamush, it has the exact same letters as the word LISTEN. So open your ears and tell me, what can you hear? — Indra Sinha

I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

When you're jealous, especially of someone else's art or creations you automatically put up these selfish walls that reinforce your stupid ideas. It's hard to pull those walls down and look at what you're hiding. Look at your own weakness and realize that the jealousy came from knowing that you're intimidated by someone else's work, and that when you compare it to your own, you fall short. — Joe Rogan