Originations Of Blood Quotes & Sayings

and now I laugh at how the world changed me, and I think life chose me . . . after all. — Dar Williams

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old. — Jorge Posada

Most men want to follow, and what they demand of their leader is prosperity. We are the ring givers, the gold givers. — Bernard Cornwell

And if the child feels loved, the body is relaxed, the eyes are bright, there is a smile on the face; in some way the flesh becomes "transparent." A child that is loved is beautiful. But what happens when children feel they are not loved? There is tension, fear, loneliness and terrible anguish, which we can call "inner pain," the opposite of "inner peace." Children are too small and weak to be able to fend for themselves; they have no defense mechanisms. If a child feels unloved and unwanted, he or she will develop a broken self-image. I have never heard any of the men or women whom we have welcomed into our community criticize their parents, even though many of them have suffered a great deal from rejection or abandonment in their families. Rather than blaming their parents, they blame themselves. "If I am not loved, it is because I am not lovable, I am no good. I am evil. — Jean Vanier

Ten times as much polishing is definitely not ten times as good. Whether you're polishing a piece of furniture or an idea, the benefits diminish quickly. The polishing turns into stalling. — Seth Godin

That kid gave Leo the freakie-deakies. — Rick Riordan

For decades, many blacks were reluctant to pursue a profession that was associated with servitude. If you went to school, it was to become a lawyer or doctor. Older generations didn't understand why one would spend money to learn how to chop, peel, dice, and saute vegetables when that trade could be taught at home. — Marcus Samuelsson

The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist. — Lynsey Addario

On an animated movie, I'm learning as I go. There are so many details in animation. Doing the voices was the easy-part. Doing live-action, you have to be on the set, every day. — Graham King

The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will be. — Jerry Seinfeld

Naturally, Shea was a fan of the old GEICO commercials with their intelligent and maligned cavemen. "There's an element of truth in those," he said. He enjoyed the commercials so much that he wrote a fan letter to the advertising agency that created them, to say, "'Thank you. You just made it so much easier to teach paleoarchaeology.'" Though no one at the company ever responded, GEICO later gave him permission to reproduce a photo of its misunderstood caveman in one of his scientific papers. — Marilyn Johnson

Putting a family member in jail is a good sign there is something seriously wrong in the home. — Ricki Lake

My dear countrymen, I hope that you will live to see the day when you learn to believe in other gods than a few movie whores and a couple of prize-fighters. — Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen

Many people find it difficult living with someone who likes to be alone. It grates on those who can't handle it themselves. — Fredrik Backman