Oserdow Quotes & Sayings

Whatever are the benefits of fortune, they yet require a palate fit to relish and taste them. — Michel De Montaigne

In my dictionary, and everyone's dictionary in the 1970s, the word 'queer' did mean strange and unusual. There was no slur to it. — Joe Wurzelbacher

One smile upon your face can save another's day from waste. — Patty Smith

If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart. — Danica McKellar

The truth is that civilization does not protect us from wild animals. It attempts, however imperfectly, to protect us from ourselves. — Michael Crichton

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you. — Hamza Yusuf

But I'm tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways. I get a girlfriend. I have a beer. And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again. — Becky Albertalli

... there are certain questions that must never be asked. Of anyone. Even oneself. — Jenny Lynne

I kept hearing about mindfulness, which isn't a new subject. In fact it's rooted in ancient Buddhism. Wikipedia defines Mindfulness as "The intentional, accepting, non-judgmental focus of one's attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment. — KP Croft

The sky didn't wonder where it was. — Cheryl Strayed

But what is the past? Could it be, the firmness of the past is just illusion? Could the past be a kaleidoscope, a pattern of images that shift with each disturbance of a sudden breeze, a laugh, a thought? And if the shift is everywhere, how would we know? — Alan Lightman

Look into the mouth of a person and you will find lies, wiggling there like maggots waiting to grow wings. — Max

She raised her head and saw a squadron of fighter planes. She stretched her hand high as if she could grab hold and climb away from what she had done, from who she was. — Sarah Sundin

One who is Master of himself is always a King, if only to himself. — L. Frank Baum