Polonio Swim Quotes & Sayings

I was a linear thinker, and according to Zen linear thinking is nothing but a delusion, one of the many that keep us unhappy. Reality is nonlinear, Zen says. No future, no past. All is now. — Phil Knight

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection. — Rebecca Solnit

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. — Joseph Chamberlain

But in truth,' said Bull, 'we are going nowhere. That my friend, is the irony of our constant movement. — Kate DiCamillo

I've been in therapy my whole life. — LeAnn Rimes

Even if one's whole life were a mistake, there is always time to change. — Henry Miller

It had not had much effect, but that was beside the point. "Love is like a flame; it burns itself out eventually," Sabiha had told Selva. "What will you do then? — Ayse Kulin

I do notice that my songs fit all over the map, even in terms of the colloquialisms in them. The songs come out with their references intact, almost unheeded by me. It's like they existed somehow before they met me with their relationship to the tradition, and then they just end up coming through me at that moment because of my relationship to some certain kind of music that I've listened to in my life. I know that sounds a little bit woooey. — Mirah

National Review once opined, many years ago, that, every year, the Nobel peace prize should go to the U.S. secretary of defense: The American military is the number-one guarantor of peace in the world. But maybe something like a Nobel freedom prize would be a more appropriate award for Reagan than a peace prize. — Jay Nordlinger

Most people that commit to a life of celibacy weren't leaving that much on the table in the first place. — Dov Davidoff

It is so easy to thank people," said Mma Ramotswe, passing the letter over to Mma Makutsi, "and most people don't bother to do it. They don't thank the person who does something for them. They just take it for granted. — Alexander McCall Smith

An appreciative listener is always stimulating. — Agatha Christie

If I waited for perfection ... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood