Pengubahan Quotes & Sayings

The antithetical or perhaps mirror image to sadness is the experience, similarly unique to one's late years, of a swift, mysterious wave of happiness, also causeless, but of much shorter duration. I cannot remember a time, before my sixties, when the consciousness of happiness would sweep over me and, like a shower of cold water when one is desperately overheated, offer me a passing sensation very close to glee.
Both sadness and fleeting happiness relate, I think, to mortality, to the consciousness of being old and of nearing the end of life ... these sensations ... surge up from the unconscious, to be a gift of long life or fortunate old age. Both sadness and happiness, but sadness more, are related to the fact that nothing of all this will endure for long. [p. 179] — Carolyn G. Heilbrun

People can say or think whatever they want ... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean. — Joel Madden

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it. — J.D. Salinger

All during the day, in the chinks of time between the things we find ourselves obliged to do, there are the moments when our minds ask: 'What next?' In these chinks of time, ask Him: 'Lord, think Thy thoughts in my mind. What is on Thy mind for me to do now?' When we ask Christ, 'What next?' we tune in and give Him a chance to pour His ideas through our enkindled imagination. If we persist, it becomes a habit. — Frank Laubach

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs. — Kamal Ahmed

Why stop now? Seduce me, Brian.I dare you."
"I've always found it hard to turn aside a dare. — Nora Roberts

It's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You and I are human beings; mostpeople are snobs. — E. E. Cummings

If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. However, if you can only manipulate probability, you can only create a path to victory. But remember, plans can break down. The future is always a step ahead of you. The key is being able to manipulate probability and plan for uncertainty. This way, you don't have to create a path to victory, but manipulate all options so that all paths lead to a victory. — Lionel Suggs

I'd rather play a maid than be one. — Hattie McDaniel