Pinzas Quotes & Sayings

As we were talking, a social worker came in with a questionnaire. Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions? They were doing a study and wanted to see if she might be a fit. — Will Schwalbe

We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened and more alienated. We experience ourselves as being separate from the whole. This separateness becomes like a prison for us - a prison that restricts us to our personal hopes and fears, and to caring only for the people nearest to us. Curiously enough, if we primarily try to shield ourselves from discomfort, we suffer. Yet, when we don't close off, when we let our hearts break, we discover our kinship with all beings. — Pema Chodron

You live but once; you might as well be amusing. — Coco Chanel

Everything looks cute when it's small. — Cynthia Rowley

I fear that by gaining a limit, we'll lose an excuse. — Romeo LeBlanc

Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity. — Seneca The Younger

It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel. — Janet Holmes A Court

If you want to routinely break the law and get away with it, then a police officer would be a great career choice for you. — Steven Magee

Perhaps not," said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride. — Cassandra Clare

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. — Margaret Thatcher

Her memory was awful after she'd been drinking, like a broken film reel. Whole segments of time were missing, fuzzy, unsalvageable. In fact, her recollection of most her life seemed to be full of taunting gaps, so that she only had a handful of memories to look back on. — Jack Jordan

I think that there are non-physical laws all right: genuine (if not strict) laws written in the language of biology, economics, and so on. But I don't regard that as a contentious issue. Even reductionists about chemistry will think that there are special chemical laws whose formulation makes essential use of chemical terminology. — David Papineau

Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off. — Woody Guthrie