Pleasurable Diversions Quotes & Sayings

Whatever you come across- go beyond — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Texans reckon someone's a half-wit without even making a comparison. — Beryl Dov

She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself. — Jane Austen

There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. — Eugene Chadbourne

Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics. — Andrew Bird

Akhmatova, like Gogol, wanted to possess nothing. She gave away the presents given to her, and a few days later they would be found in other people's houses. This characteristic recalls the behavior of nomads, compelled to the provisional by necessity and by choice...When eastern Europe furnishes such models of detachment, why seek them out in India or elsewhere? (from Anathemas and Admirations) — Emil M. Cioran

No matter how you look, we all hurt the same, cry the same, and feel joy the same. — Paula Patton

McGeorge Bundy was a brilliant man who'd had a meteoric academic career and was the youngest man ever to be dean of the Harvard faculty. But he was also arrogant and looked upon all sorts of people and politicians as not to be taken all that seriously. — Robert Dallek

Resisting a task is usually a sign that it's meaningful-which is why it's awakening your fears and stimulating procrastination. You could adopt "Do whatever you're resisting the most" as a philosophy of life. — Oliver Burkeman

Tinker Bell needs a Tinker Bell. She needs someone plotting for her. I certainly think that it's something she wants. — Rose McIver

We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act. — Octavio Paz

It's a misconception that Beauty is in the Eyes of beholder. In my view, Beauty must be in the Heart of beholder for her true appreciation. — Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate