Overkeen Quotes & Sayings

Conformity is not an admirable trait. Conformity is a copout. It threatens self-awareness. It can lead groups to enforce rigid and arbitrary rules. — Alexandra Robbins

Choose one thing you care about and resolve to do it well. Whether you succeed or not, you will be the better for the effort. — William Alexander

It's well-known that an overkeen sense of obligation tends to afflict the congenitally nice. — David Foster Wallace

If he died now, Grainier probably wouldn't know it until they came into the light of the gas lamps either side of the doctor's house. After they'd moved along for nearly an hour without conversation, listening only to the creaking wagon and the sound of the nearby river and the clop of the mares, it grew dark. — Denis Johnson

Mamma," whispered Rannoch as he nestled by her side, "what is man?"
Bracken looked into her calf's eyes. "Man? Man is something you must always fear."
"But why must I fear him?" asked Rannoch.
"Because, my little one ... man is cruel and cold. He eats up everything he touches. He enslaves Lera and breaks the laws of the forest. Because, Rannoch, he is the only creature that hunts without need. — David Clement-Davies

Today in my heart a vague trembling of stars and all roses are as white as my pain. — Federico Garcia Lorca

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you. — Will Rogers

It totally was elitist,' Julia says. 'So? There's nothing wrong with elitist. Some stuff is better than other stuff; pretending it's not doesn't make you open-minded, it just makes you a dick. — Tana French

Your voice is the sweetest music and the sound of your smile is the ecstasy of my life. — Debasish Mridha

I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me. — Jesse Helms

I was going to put what birthday it was on the sign," he said, "but Jace said that after twenty, you're just old, so it doesn't matter anyway."
Jace stopped with his fork halfway to his mouth.
"I said that? — Cassandra Clare

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. — John Donne

I do ride a bicycle occasionally, but not those stupid stationary ones you see in gyms. I do have one of those, I must confess, but its quite literally a pain in the arse, so I dont use it. — Christine McVie

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. — Leo Tolstoy

I've always wanted to marry Elton John. — Barry Manilow

Children have fewer rights than almost any other group and fewer institutions protecting these rights. Consequently, their voices and needs are almost completely absent from the debates, policies, and legislative practices that are constructed in terms of their needs. — Henry A. Giroux