Pigskin Pickem Quotes & Sayings

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. — Jared Diamond

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. — Theocritus

Passion is what you would do if you got to choose. It's what you think about doing in the privacy of your own mind, without ear of dismissal or mockery. — Urijah Faber

True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Sometimes you have to forgive the process, knowing that the outcome is for the best. — Beth Ciotta

I liked him, there was no doubt about that. But I wasn't sure if he was good for me or not. I didn't always stick to things that were good for me - positively railed against it sometimes - but he was a different type of not good for me. He did things to my mind and body that I hadn't ever experienced before.
But it wasn't as if I could get him out of my head either: every moment I had free would suddenly be crammed with thoughts of him. His soft lips, the gentle urgency with which they'd kissed me. The intoxicating smell of his skin. His moss-green eyes that would follow everything I said, then would meet my eyes so we could share a smile. It was driving me slowly and pleasurably insane. — Dorothy Koomson

When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me. — Ed Koch

Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Do I dream very much? Do I dream predominantly about fashion? No. I dream much more about cats. — Grace Coddington

Ode to Spring"

I can only find words for.
And sometimes I can't.
Here are these flowers that stand for.
I stand here on the sidewalk.

I can't stand it, but yes of course I understand it.
Everything has to have meaning.
Things have to stand for something.
I can't take the time. Even skin-deep is too deep.

I say to the flower stand man:
Beautiful flowers at your flower stand, man.
I'll take a dozen of the lilies.
I'm standing as it were on my knees

Before a little man up on a raised
Runway altar where his flowers are arrayed
Along the outside of the shop.
I take my flames and pay inside.

I go off and have sexual intercourse.
The woman is the woman I love.
The room displays thirteen lilies.
I stand on the surface. — Frederick Seidel

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. — Paulo Coelho

There are points in life when you listen to common sense and there are times when you follow instinct; sometimes, you ignore both and just act on belief. — Aden Jamison Leirer