Paraschiva Badescu Quotes & Sayings

The South was a scary new world. The first time I saw a possum in my driveway, I shook a bony fist at the sky and cursed this godforsaken rustic hellhole. My ancestors spent centuries in the hills of County Kerry, waist-deep in sheep shit, getting shot at by English soldiers, and my grandparents crossed the ocean in coffin ships to come to America, just so I could get possum rabies? — Rob Sheffield

Don't ask for anyone's permission to follow your dreams — Jared Leto

Her heart ruffled like a wind torn sail, held, yet ripped. — Dorothy Adamek

Okay, lady, so you won't. But we got tonight. — Kristen Ashley

Vietnam was really an idealistic thing to stop the spread of communism, which, incidentally, it did. It was a pretty costly way to do it, but it achieved its goal. — Tom Wolfe

Repetition acts as an enforcement mechanism: It makes cooperation achievable when it is not achievable in the one-shot game, even when one replaces strategic equilibrium as the criterion for achievability by the more stringent requirement of perfect equilibrium. — Robert Aumann

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end? — Roger L'Estrange

The purpose of U.S. foreign policy is protecting the security of Americans, not crusading for goodness abroad. — Don Feder

In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in harmony with their environment. — Frederick Lenz

I want to heal my brother, kiss his cuts and bruises and lips, and save from what's happening in my heart. — Kate Avelynn

I found out about Jonathan Winters' death a day after it happened. That seems wrong. A talent like his should be more revered. The world knew about Kim Kardashian's divorce before she did. — Gilbert Gottfried

I think that the way we begin our day is really the way we live our day and the way we live our lives; and that not enough of us are really aware of it. — Louise Hay

Vince couldn't stop talking, spilling thoughts that had obviously churned inside him for years. We could've stopped the spread of the disease a lot better than we've been able to cure the disease ... Thought the magical cure would save them in the end. But if we wait any longer we'll run out of people to save. — James Dashner