Polyphaser Quotes & Sayings

There are certainly a good number of
alternatives to "shit," if you have a particular need to express such a feeling. — Fredrik Backman

I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.' — George Kotsiopoulos

By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the world. It was a central part of the destruction of slavery in the Americas, and therefore a crucial moment in the history of democracy, one that laid the foundation for the continuing struggles for human rights everywhere. In this sense we are all descendents of the Haitain Revolution, and responsible to these ancestors. — Laurent Dubois

In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the care with which we cultivate them, and apply ourselves to the deduction of diverse consequences from them, thinking that we are philosophizing well, while we are only departing the farther from the truth; from which it must be inferred that they who have learned the least of all that has been hitherto distinguished by the name of philosophy are the most fitted for the apprehension of truth. — Rene Descartes

We have then walked, played, or worked " enough," so we desist. That amount of fatigue is an efficacious obstruction on this side of which our usual life is cast. But if an unusual necessity forces us to press onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped a level of new energy, masked until then by the fatigue-obstacle usually obeyed. — William James

For all those who believe, expect a miracle. — Linda Goodman

Even if something impresses me, I'll die before I admit it. — Samantha Romero

She was on the far side, leaving two cold feet of mattress between them. He knew that she'd fall asleep like that ... and then gradually move over until she was plastered against him. Then he could go to sleep, too. — Patricia Briggs

I'm excited to be seen as sexy. But not slutty. — Jennifer Lawrence

There is no crueler hells than committee work, — Robert Jackson Bennett

I don't know why certain people shine for others. I don know why you and not someone else — Melissa Marr