Orals Quotes & Sayings

He's a hot bath, a short breath, five days of summer pressed into five fingers writing stories on my body. — Tahereh Mafi

Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us! — Cornelia Funke

Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious, then we wind up very highly sexual, and then we thug it out. Then things get a little funny again, with comedy and that kind of thing. — KRS-One

It's the same thing that makes all pop music so heartbreaking. Even when Miley Cyrus sings "So I put my hands up, they're playin' my song / The butterflies fly away / I'm noddin' my head like 'Yeah!' / Movin' my hips like 'Yeah!'" in her song "Party in the U.S.A." It's that chirping mirth against a backdrop of despair, that juxtaposition of blithe optimism against all the crushing brutalities and inadequacies of life. The image of an ineffably beautiful butterfly flitting by the shattered windows of a dilapidated, abandoned factory is not so poignant because it highlights the indomitable life force. To the contrary, the butterfly (and the pop song) is like a PowerPoint cursor; it's there to whet our perception of and strengthen our affinity for what's moribund, for what's always dying before our eyes. Loving the moribund is our way of signaling the dead from this shore: "We are your kinsmen ... — Mark Leyner

There's only one side with me. You get the right side. You get the correct version of the facts. — Kevin O'Leary

He crushes his lips to mine. My face is already wet from tears, but the kiss isn't sweet and romantic. At that moment, it feels like a kiss of life or death. It is carnal and harsh. I will never forget this kiss. — Lauren Helms

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory. — Douglass North

I believe in roses. And I believe in putting roses into a vase and sitting the vase on the table. I believe in getting lost and being found, I believe in going barefoot, and in laughter! My religion is to laugh at myself, whenever I can! I believe in the sunlight and in grey skies with big, beautiful clouds! — C. JoyBell C.

One of the greatest joys of not judging others is becoming capable of discerning God's will in a difficult situation. Pg 152 — John Kuypers

There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out. — Cassandra Clare

It's bad enough when people I know fuck with my life, but when pretentious bass players interfere with my destiny, then I really get pissed. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

The barbarians come out at night. — J.M. Coetzee

Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and mindfulness. — Frederick Lenz

But since soup mainly involves tossing everything in a pot and waiting, it's one of my better dishes. — Suzanne Collins

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1) — Anonymous

I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them, because of the limited perspective you tend to get from being plunked down in some particular part of the past, and the danger of not getting back in time for your orals. — John Lewis Gaddis