Patrick Stumps Quotes & Sayings

The concept of disease is fast replacing the concept of responsibility. With increasing zeal Americans use and interpret the assertion "I am sick" as equivalent to the assertion "I am not responsible": Smokers say they are not responsible for smoking, drinkers that they are not responsible for drinking, gamblers that they are not responsible for gambling, and mothers who murder their infants that they are not responsible for killing. To prove their point - and to capitalize on their self-destructive and destructive behavior - smokers, drinkers, gamblers, and insanity acquitees are suing tobacco companies, liquor companies, gambling casinos, and physicians. — Thomas Szasz

Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity. — Dag Hammarskjold

I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more. — Natalia Vodianova

I had immense plans,' he irresolutely muttered. — Joseph Conrad

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too. — Melissa George

Not to worry, beloved," he murmured against her lips as he drew her down to the ground. "For now at least, the sky is ours."

~Michael — Rosalie Lario

Thinking about the past is like digging up graves — Nathan Filer

Danvers still stops by in the morning. He talks for a few minutes and then gets a coffee and leaves. We haven't moved past the stage of smiling, though Land is always mimicking his semi-flirtations. I pointed out that since he and the detective go back, he should broach the subject, but Land just snorts and goes back to cutting up the vegetables. — Chloe Kendrick

Gradually, after being the target a few times of a similar capriciousness, which he discerned as default behavior for most people, and not liking it, Paul learned to not be more generous or enthusiastic or attentive that he could sustain regardless of his mood and to not talk to people if his only reason to was because he felt lonely or bored. — Tao Lin

I'm not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don't get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever. — Colleen Hoover

The decision on the right balance between competition and investment can no longer be solely a national issue. — Viviane Reding

With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick. — Elizabeth Holmes

Scorned and torn, former love mates aim and shoot childish devastating daggers that penetrate beyond target to pierce the heart of their offspring. — T.F. Hodge

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. — David Allen

I'm a fiend when it comes to good pastry, and the French make the best as far as I'm concerned. — Miles Davis